Not so disruptive after all
The 4IR, navies and the search for sea control
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11157773 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ian Bowers (0000-0003-4628-6764, Royal Danish Defence College, corresponding author), Sarah Kirchberger (0009-0000-6083-5673, Institute for Security Policy, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 613-636 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Strategic Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0140-2390 • E-ISSN: 1743-937X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01402390.2020.1848819 |
| OpenAlex | W3109012852 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 14 |
Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies and their applicability at sea now dominate debates about the future of naval operations. This article examines the extent to which such technologies, including autonomous and unmanned weapon systems and artificial intelligence, will disrupt naval warfare. Using two case studies, the South China Sea and the Baltic Sea, this article finds that in the key operational output of attaining sea control these technologies will not disrupt naval warfare. While they may intensify the competition between the operational attributes of detection, stealth, range and lethality, they will ultimately sustain existing understandings of seapower and its strategic effects
Aeronautics · Baltic sea · China · Command and control · Competition (biology · Control (management · Naval warfare · Navy · Operations research · Political science · Telecommunications · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · Ecology · Engineering · European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies · Law · Maritime Security and History · Oceanography
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |