Sotilas- ja siviiliteknologian eroista – evoluutinen ja systeeminen tarkastelu

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• Sakari Ahvenainen

Avainsanat:

sotatekniikka, sodankäynti, sotilasteknologia, siviiliteknologia, evoluutio, systeemiteoria, vihollinen

Abstrakti

DIFFERENCIES BETWEEN MILITARY AND CIVILIAN TECHNOLOGY – EVOLUTIONAL AND SYSTEMATIC INSPECTION A part of the core of science is explaining and fitting new phenomenon into the old and more general theories. Evolution and general system theory are general theories of science. Evolution is a model and a theory to observe the relationship of a speciesand its environment in the long run, especially in the context of live. Warfare is a special environment for the actions of human organizations. In this article, warfare and military technology are studied as general level applications of evolution and system theory. The most simple system description of warfare always includes enemy as an element. General attributes of warfare, of which the enemy is the most important, influence all its sub-systems, including military technology. Enemy creates its own special features to warfare and military technology. These special features are discussed in this article. It is found in the article, that e.g. the free will of the enemy, relative advantage, paradoxical logic, surprise, deception, operational security, learning and change are central parts of military technology or influence greatly to it. Civilian technology, which has rivals, has some attributes of military technology. Artikkeli on suomen kielellä ja luettavissa painetussa julkaisussa Tiede ja ase 65 (hinta 20 €). Julkaisun voi tilata Tiedekirjasta sähköpostitse [e-mail] tai verkkokaupasta www.tiedekirja.fi