The first three generations of warfare were each born primarily of the congruence of technological advancement and battlefield application, and secondarily of political necessity.
{"Image DocumentName": "The first three generations of warfare were each born primarily of the congruence of technological advancement and battlefield application, and secondarily of political necessity.", "Image ImageDescription": "The fourth generation reverses this relationship. Its adherents assert that this stage is born principally of political utility; technology may become virtually irrelevant. This analysis opines that military forces effective in the second and third generations will be largely useless in the fourth. Rhetorical examples which seem persuasive, are drawn from current hot spots. How does an MIAI tank contribute to operations against the Medellin cartel? How do F-14s booming overhead feed starving Somalis? For the fourth generationists, the picture fades to black in the long run. Eventually, the decay of the nation-state erodes the technological structure that supports the high-tech weaponry we use today, and the F-14s cease to fly.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}