Sentences with phrase «of military technologies»

«[There is a] delusion that... a narrow range of military technologies will be decisive in future war,» he said.

Its form stands in contrast to the Norden bombsight, revealing how the transfer of military technologies to domestic use is often concealed by design.

When they removed the influence of military technologies from the picture, this fell to 16 per cent.

Weinberg:»... not only our political organizations are being rendered obsolete by the march of military technology, but also our economic organizations are being rendered obsolete by the march of civilian technology.

She is interested in the impact of military technology on warfare and the so - called «Revolution in Military Affairs».

Much of the engaging read traces the evolution of military technology, from radar to GPS and spy satellites, weaving in tales of the mapmakers, inventors and scientists behind the discoveries.

Thousands of warriors came together in a brutal struggle, perhaps fought on a single day, using weapons crafted from wood, flint, and bronze, a metal that was then the height of military technology.

The appalling consequences of the military technology deployed in the Gulf War 12 months ago provide a tragic symbol of the encounter between East and West during the past five centuries: superior military technology has allowed Western nations to impose their will across the globe, inducing a prolonged crisis of culture among the losers.

The Future of Military Technology is Intense (Visual Capitalist) Is Starbuck's (SBUX) on its way to becoming a dividend aristocrat?

In her reference to Klein's Anthropometries, Wagenknecht conflates a critique of the male use of female bodies (both in art and in general) with the surprisingly entangled histories of military technology and domestic labor.

I don't know whether you're talking about directed development or spin - off, but the former would include the space program and much of the military technology developed during the Cold War, while the latter would include, at least, the Internet, which AFAIK developed from military technology envisioned as producing a redundant communications network for battlefield use (ARPANET).

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20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 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and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

The two - minute «documentary,» created by ad agency 72andSunny (which is owned by MDC) features controversial military vet Ollie North and author P.W. Singer talking about the cornucopia of ways advanced technology could be used to hasten our grisly demise.

Innovation, after all, remains the lifeblood of American success, whether the context is technology, military dominance or the economy.

Battle tested Randy Slager, founder of Catapult Technology, suffered a severe spinal cord injury while serving in the military.

California - based Cubic Corp. provides a lot of information technology to the US military, including the Cubic P5 Combat Training System for the F - 35 fighter jet.

To determine the economic health of the 30 OECD countries, Canadian Business ranked them by 12 categories: demographics, GDP, trade, prices, energy, life quality, government finance, labour, technology, education, environment and military spending.

Running the military's technology innovation lab in the middle of the austerity era is no easy task.

The U.S. Department of Defense has already stopped selling mobile phones and modems made by the Chinese technology companies Huawei and ZTE in stores on its military bases, citing potential security risks.

While concerns about China's acquisition of dual - use technologies, or those that can be used for military applications, sparked the push to strengthen the CFIUS review process, proposed investments from other countries could be slowed down if FIRRMA becomes law.

It projects itself through a collection of vectors: goods, technology, people, finance, culture, its military, and diplomacy, Gosset says.

Currently CFIUS reviews only transactions that give foreign parties majority control of a US company that develops, sells or licenses advanced technologies with potential military applications.

A few years and some corporate investment from Apple later and voila — military technology in the palm of our hands.

Part of Schmidt's duties will involve traveling around the world to military bases to meet commanders and «tell us how to do better» when it comes to technology, Carter said.

In his new bestseller, The Next Decade, Friedman argues that capital shortages, the impending down cycle in U.S. military spending and an aging population that drains public coffers mean the arrival of the next wave of «truly transformative» technologies will be delayed.

For one, it's something of a holdover from Sex, Bombs and Burgers, the book I wrote about how the military, pornography and fast - food industries are technology leaders.

Israel's focus on military technology is also not surprising, given that most of its neighbours want to see it destroyed.

I've had my eye on Israel for several years now, since working on my book, Sex, Bombs and Burgers, and learning that much of the country's economic success over the past few decades has been the result of a meshing between technology and the military.

Topics such as guaranteed basic incomes, data privacy rules and the ethical uses of technology such as military robots are all outgrowths of this latest wave of automation.

Kramer, a former member of the Israeli military's elite 8200 technology unit, co-founded Check Point Software Technologies — Israel's largest network security firm — and Imperva, another cyber-security company.

The military - styled GA - X170 - Extreme ECC (left) is an LGA 1151 model with support for plenty of cutting - edge technologies like USB - C, SATA Express, HDMI 2.0 and more.

Clint Robinson, former head of government relations with BlackBerry, is helping the company showcase its technology with police and military forces.

Potential applications for flexible electronic technology include phones that have curved display surfaces or clothing with electronics printed on them to monitor the vital signs of athletes or members of the military.

Among the many scheduled American participants were the political advisor to the head of the U.S. Northern Command, the president for the Americas of Lockheed Martin Corporation, the senior director for the Western Hemisphere of the American National Security Council, the U.S. Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Carla Hills (who was the primary U.S. NAFTA negotiator), the senior United States Air Force military assistant to the then secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld, the commander of U.S. Northern Command, the chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science & Technology, Dr. James Schlesinger, the former American secretary of energy & defense, the deputy secretary of energy, plus many other top business, government and military officials, plus representatives of similar groups from Mexico.

Alongside a wide array of commercial technology, it makes sensors for military driverless vehicles and a security system billed as «the most complete and intelligent 3 - D perimeter fencing and intrusion - detection system.»

According to a new white paper commissioned by the Department of Defense, Beijing is encouraging Chinese companies with close government ties to invest in American start - ups specializing in critical technologies like artificial intelligence and robots to advance China's military capacity as well as its economy.

When Tokyo sought to purchase a fleet of F - 22s a decade ago, U.S. lawmakers barred the Japanese government from doing so due to concerns about sending information on sensitive military technology abroad.

Australia must prepare to respond to the impact of Beijing's stronger commitment of the past 15 years to change through military cyber science and technology in comparison to the Australian government's commitment in key areas of policy.

Back in 2012, University of Texas students were able to spoof Proof of Location technology to force a military drone to land.

Senate passes amended military appropriations bill to require the Secretary of Defense to issue a report on blockchain technology's potential offensive and defensive use cases, including ways in which adversaries might deploy it to damage US interests.

«Artificial intelligence is one of many leading - edge technologies that China seeks and that has potential military applications,» said the Cornyn aide, who declined to be identified.

Concerns about Chinese inroads into advanced technology come as the U.S. military looks to incorporate elements of artificial intelligence and machine learning into its drone program.

San Diego has a history of commercializing technologies first developed for the military, and the region has a significant number of skilled workers with security clearances.

There are, however, fears that the government is trying to stifle the kind of fintech that seeks to democratise the financial sector, while embracing those that allow it to exert more control over its citizens (in January, plans were announced for a US$ 2.12 bn artificial intelligence [AI] development park in Beijing, with China urging companies including those in the military sector to participate in the technology's development).

Similarly, IAI seeks to develop elite cyber security technologies for critical military and civilian systems that are part of its cyber operations, which are strategic growth engines for IAI.

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The present paper assumes an historical perception that the Creation of God is being undone by the power of science and technology, which is being manifested in the form of powers of exclusive truth of scientific knowledge, unlimited technological know - how, and their economic and political organization, such as the transnational corporation and the state, including the military machinery.

The International Information fundamentally represents the dominance and penetration of the technocratic culture into the life of the peoples in the third World, either in the form of science and technology transfer, or in the form of economic development and coqercial advertisement, or in terms of the inculcation of military values such as national security doctrine and peace propagenda.

Modern military science and technology is behind the explosion of the bomb.