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The Context of Technology

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The call for recognizing that technologies could revolutionize the defence architecture of nation states assumes a significant burden of proof. Such assumption is important because assumptions are the foci for any theory. It is important to undertake an investigation at a conceptual stage to recognize the role of technology in human development. This essentially because technology has single-handed brought the major change in human life. During last few centuries, it has been observed that various technologies have initially got developed as a part of military projects. Hence, the ‘investigation’ of a technology development and its growth as such could also lead towards establishing and examining the role of technologies in the military domain. The aim of this chapter is to develop a perspective that examines technological development through a theoretical construct and reiterates its significance in terms of strengthening defence architecture.

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    Your Article Library. National Power: Elements, Evaluation and Limitation.

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    Nye, 2014.

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    The word technology and everything it has come to represent in the current world order.

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    Innovation on Demand: chapter 5.

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    The first wave was the Industrial Revolution; the second, the Age of Steam; the third, the Age of Electricity; the fourth, the Age of Mass Production; and the fifth, the rise of information and communication technologies and networks.

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Lele, A. (2019). The Context of Technology. In: Disruptive Technologies for the Militaries and Security. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 132. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3384-2_1

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