Military Technologies and Politics

Smit, Willem A.

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“…Antes de la caída del muro de Berlín se percibía que si una tecnología tenía el atributo de ser dual (uso tanto civil como militar) era débil o perjudicial, principalmente porque se consideraba una fuente de vulnerabilidad. Después de 1989, esta idea se modificó radicalmente de modo que se consolidó como un atributo deseable y perseguido, debido a que soluciona problemas comunes entre ambos contextos (asociados con la mantención y sostenibilidad) y que a su vez promueve la competitividad de los países desarrolladores (Smit, 2014).…”

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“…En los países que lideran la carrera armamentista se observa que existen programas estructurados para la I+D+i en el sector defensa, Aun cuando no se ven envueltos en conflictos, donde las áreas de investigación que priman son: armas nucleares, mejora sistemática de armas convencionales e industria aeroespacial (Smit, 2014). Complementariamente estos países enfocan sus esfuerzos en prevenir el uso inadecuado de armas químicas, biológicas, cibernéticas o de destrucción masiva a través de políticas internas y transnacionales que velan por la protección de la sociedad.…”

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Gestión tecnológica en instituciones del sector defensa colombiano frente al posacuerdo de paz

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The Defense Sector is a sector based on technology, to the extent that it requires processes of development, acquisition and use of technological assets to achieve the objectives of its mission, aimed at guaranteeing national sovereignty and citizen security. It is a strategic sector that, mainly in developing countries, depends to a large extent on technology transfer activities, and in which the concept of dual technology (referring to the possibility of implementing both military and civil applications) is key. This paper aims to analyze the management of technology and innovation in this sector. To this end, a study was initially made on the particularities of the Defense Sector in the international scope, with emphasis on the Colombian case.RESUMENEl Sector Defensa es un sector basado en tecnología, en la medida en que requiere de procesos de desarrollo, adquisición y aprovechamiento de activos tecnológicos para el logro de sus objetivos misionales, orientados a garantizar la soberanía nacional y la seguridad ciudadana. Se trata de un sector estratégico que, principalmente en países en desarrollo, depende en gran medida de actividades de transferencia tecnológica, y en el cual es clave el concepto de tecnología dual (referido a la posibilidad de implementarse tanto en aplicaciones militares como civiles). Esta ponencia tiene como objetivo analizar la Gestión de la tecnología y la innovación en este sector. Para ello, inicialmente se hizo un estudio sobre las particularidades del Sector Defensa en el ámbito internacional, con énfasis en el caso colombiano.

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Gestión tecnológica en instituciones del sector defensa colombiano frente al posacuerdo de paz

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“…In that respect, technological, organizational and doctrinal changes mutually shaped each other during the protracted process of incorporating the radio into the Navy. In general, the 'mutual shaping perspective' has become firmly established in literature [9,18,19].…”

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“…Indeed it appeared to threaten a number of constituencies within and outside the Navy [43]. 18 Likewise, the concept of the relatively cheap, small and highly maneuverable 'Streetfighter' vessel, designed for littoral warfare and fitting the 'swarming' concept of NCW, met with resistance from big-ship admirals. Consequently, acquisition programs remain platform-centric rather than network-centric as advertised by NCW advocates [42].…”

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Novel naval technologies: Sustaining or disrupting naval doctrine

Kulve

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2010

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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“…4For a detailed discussion of this sociotechnical way of seeing technologies, see Jasanoff (2004) and Smit (2006).…”

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Intelligent assessment: Putting emerging biotechnology threats in context

Vogel¹

2013

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

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One of the problems with assessing the emerging threats from advances in biotechnology and the life sciences is that there are two competing narratives for understanding biotechnology development: one based on the notion of a biotech revolution and the other based on biotech evolution. The biotech revolution is a dystopian tale in which scientific advances lead to rapid changes in biotechnology, its applications, and its potential threats. The biotech evolution, however, describes slower and more complex trajectories for biotechnology development and threats. These two narratives are based on different assumptions and analytic methods, which lead to fundamentally different conclusions. The US intelligence and policy communities use the biotech revolution story line to make sense of todayÕs bioweapons threats, but this approach fails to reflect the complex social, economic, scientific, and technical factors that shape biotechnology and life science developments. The author argues that more critical perspectives on biotechnology are needed in order to improve intelligence assessments of present and future bioweapons threats and policy regarding them.

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Military Technologies and Politics

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Gestión tecnológica en instituciones del sector defensa colombiano frente al posacuerdo de paz

Gestión tecnológica en instituciones del sector defensa colombiano frente al posacuerdo de paz

Novel naval technologies: Sustaining or disrupting naval doctrine

Intelligent assessment: Putting emerging biotechnology threats in context

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