The Strategy of Technology by Jerry Pournelle

Author:Jerry Pournelle [Pournelle, Jerry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-01-09T06:00:00+00:00

If the aggressor can, through the employment of political means, manipulate budgetary and force

levels of intended victims in a downward direction, the effectiveness of the opposing forces will

be greatly reduced. Fundamentally, with a low budget it is very difficult to maintain alternative

weapon systems simultaneously, and even more difficult to maintain forces based on different

technologies. It is extremely difficult to provide them with good warning and protective features,

to acquire suitable shelters for population and industry, and to bring new systems into being.

Consequently, low defense budgets and low force levels aid the attacker in his strategic planning

by reducing the complexities of his operations. Political operations in both the economic and

diplomatic fields may be used to reinforce the natural tendency of the defender to save money on

defense. These operations will have as their twin goals the reduction of strategic complexities

through the lowering of the defender's budgets and the achievement of a state of relaxation in the

victim. Then, when the attack comes, on the victim's allies and/or on his homeland, he will be

unable to believe it has happened and be unprepared to defend himself. In this case, the last

phase of the battle may not be a sneak attack at all; the defender may know it is coming and be

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