Chapter 8 Multiple choice questions

. According to this Chapter, military technologies serve to…

apply force.

facilitate the movement and sustainment of troops and materiel to and on the battlefield.

coordinate operations.

All the given answers are correct.

. Most developments in military technology are…

sudden.

evolutionary.

revolutionary.

responsible for profound changes in warfighting.

. According to this Chapter, militaries can improve their technology…

through innovation or diffusion.

only through innovation; military technologies are tightly guarded secrets.

mostly through innovation, which is usually much less difficult than diffusion because military technologies are tightly guarded secrets.

mostly through innovation because military technologies are usually too tightly bound to the particular culture of a national military to be adopted by others.

. __________ is an example of how organizational pathologies can result in military technological failure.

Friction

The unpredictability of the adversary

Design flaws

The use of 'standard operating procedures' by the military

. Which of the following options is an example of an existing or emerging tool of war with low acquisition, operation, and/or maintenance costs that virtually all actors will be able to use?

Cyber malware and viruses

Late-generation fighter planes

Unmanned aerial vehicles

Satellite communication networks

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