Transforming the U.S. Armed Forces

The U.S. armed forces themselves have embraced—at least rhetorically—the need to transform so as to meet the demands of information-age warfare. Nevertheless, in each service, efforts at trans- formation have faced opposition from traditionalists who perceive threats in new ways of war

Avoiding Trivia: The Role of Strategic Planning in American Foreign Policy

Students of American national security policy, particularly those without the benefit of firsthand policy-making experience, frequently under- or over- estimate the difficulty of formulating and implementing strategy in the U.S. government. As a result, observers tend either to portray senior policy makers as dolts or incompetents or to engage in a sort of strategic nihilism holding that it is impossible to develop sound strategy in this day and age

The Limits of Transformation

In the shadow of the recent Iraq war, it is easy to accept that “growth and diffusion of stealth, precision, and information technology” has truly heralded the long-awaited revolution in military affairs. American leaders—from the President to the Pentagon military and civilian leadership—have called for dramatic transformation of each of the services to fit this revolution. In many ways, this is a far harder task.https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/usnwc-newport-papers/1015/thumbnail.jp

Роль информационных технологий в защите окружающей среды и здоровье человека

В этой статье анализируется роль информационных технологий (ИТ) в обеспечении общественного доступа к экологической информации. Также указаны отношения между применением ИТ и уровнем информированности общественности об окружающей среде и влияние этих отношений на охрану окружающей среды. В статье рассматривается роль ИТ в защите здоровья человека.This article analyzes the role of information technology (IT) in providing public access to environmental information. Also, the relationship between the application of IT and the level of public awareness of the environment and the impact of these relations on environmental protection are indicated. The article examines the role of IT in protecting human health

Разработка методики оптимизации данных для неразрушающего контроля прочности бетона по параметрам электрического отклика на ударное воздействие

The article presents the results of investigation to improve the method of non-destructive testing of concrete strength by the parameters of electric response to impact excitation. The Electric response parameters of concrete samples with the same composition in size 100x100x100mm were studied. It is shown that the use of linear filtering procedure reduces the variance of diagnostic electric parameter to determine the strength of concrete