The 1st archaeological record of prehistoric battle
-Cemetery 117,
-On the Nile near the Egypt-Sudan border
Neolithic
Fortifications
Talheim Death Pit in Talheim, Neckar (Germany)
-34 killed
-Head injuries
-Wooden weapons
Bronze age
-Edged metal weapons
-Chariots
Ancient Warfare
Organized armies
-States produced agricultural surplus
-Full-time ruling elites & military commanders
-The bulk of military forces were farmers
-Society could support campaigns rather than working the land year round
Technology
-Bows & spears
-Chariots
-Cavalry
-Artillery
Change of tactics
-Role of cavalry
-Role of artillery
Fortification
Proliferation of weapons
Gunpowder Warfare(3)
Fortifications
Navy
Weapons
Industrial Warfare
Huge armies
Mass transportation
Rapid communication
Which is true of prehistoric warfare?
E)
How do we know about warfare during the Prehistoric Period?
A)Picture books from the time B)Archeological evidence
CWritten records
D)Conjecture
E)All of the above
B
Which type of weapons were first used during the: Gunpowder period
B)
Which level of weaponry is most appropriate for armies?
None
Should have stopped with hand-held weapons
Anything but nuclear
We’re at good place now but no further
Escalation is normal, necessary and desirable
Which level of weaponry is most appropriate for individuals?
None
Just bows & arrows
Hand-held weapons
Anything but nuclear
Anything governments & armies have, we should have too
Submarines
Original design Drebbel, build 1620
First military use in the US Civil War
Widespread military use in early 1900s
Important in WWI & II
Technological advances
Mechanization
Double hull
Nuclear power
Missiles
Self-propelled guided weapon system
Targeting/guidance
Flight system
Engine
Warhead
Many functions
Surface-to-surface and air-to-surface missiles
-Ballistic
-Cruise
-Anti-ship
-Anti-tank
Surface-to-air missiles
-Anti-aircraft
-Anti-ballistic
Air-to-air missiles
Anti-satellite missiles
World War II Technology
Malcolm Gladwell – Norden Bomb Sight
-Did the technology work?
-Did it matter?
-What was the real point?
Stealth aircraft
-Developed in Germany in WWII
-Reduce visibility by light, radio, audio, radar & infrared
-First use in U.S. invasion of Panama
--F-117 Nighthawk stealth attack aircraft used to drop bombs on -enemy airfields and positions while evading enemy radar
-F22 Raptor
-F35 Lightning 2
-Sukhoi Pak FA
What was the key lesson of the Norton Bomb Sight?
Technology can’t keep up with needs
Technology is only as good as its developers
Technology can bring peace
We ask technology to do the wrong thing
Technology can only bring devastation
Nuclear Weapons
First made in 1945
Used in Japan during WWII
Primarily nation-to-nation risk until 1991
1991-present risk of individual/terrorist threat
Irwin Redliner – How to survive a nuclear attack
What do you think about survivability of nuclear attack?
There is no hope
It depends on the size of the attack
It depends on the source of the attack
It depends on where you are at the time
No problem
Robots as Weapons
P. W. Singer Wired for war
-Human controlled killing machines
Daniel Suarez
-Who makes decisions about lethal force?
-How does this affect social organization?
-What is the potential effect on democracy?
Peace Technology
Technological innovation can be used to foster peace as well as war
Bart Weetjens (first 6:07 min)
Technology appropriate to where it is used
Solves a locally & globally important problem
What was the key lesson of the Norton Bomb sight?
A)Tech cant keep up w/ needs
B) tech is only as good as its developers
c) tech can bring peace
d) we ask tech to do the wrong thing
E) tech can only bring devastation
