Precision Terror
Suicide Bombing as Control Technology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4086734 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeffrey Lewis (The Ohio State University, corresponding author), Jeffrey W Lewis |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 223-245 |
| Publication date | 2007-04-06 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Terrorism and Political Violence (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0954-6553 • E-ISSN: 1556-1836 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09546550701246890 |
| OpenAlex | W1982481782 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Suicide bombing can be understood as a technology that successfully integrates people, cultures, and hardware into precise, intelligent, lethal weapons systems. Lacking access to the sophisticated electronic guidance systems of their enemies, terrorists have developed a cost-effective alternative technology by using social and cultural pressure to convert human beings into guidance systems for terrorist ordnance. This demonstrates that while terrorists tend to be imitative in their technologies, they can still be effective and difficult to predict. A significant implication that arises from this discussion is that the American tendency to assume that “high-tech” devices will automatically confer an advantage on the United States in the struggle against terrorism should be reconsidered
Business · Computer security · Political science · Terrorism · Computer Science · Law · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence · Artificial Intelligence
| Citations per year | 0.63 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2024 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |