Precision Paradox and Myths of Precision Strike in Modern Armed Conflict
Precision strike has assumed an outsized role in modern warfare. In the First Drone Age, drone-based precision strike promises to deliver accurate, first-time hits. Some assert that drone-based precision strike and precision strike-based strategies appear to offer a more civilised and antiseptic met...
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| Published in | The RUSI journal Vol. 169; no. 1-2; pp. 62 - 74 |
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| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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London
Routledge
23.02.2024
Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies |
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| Summary: | Precision strike has assumed an outsized role in modern warfare. In the First Drone Age, drone-based precision strike promises to deliver accurate, first-time hits. Some assert that drone-based precision strike and precision strike-based strategies appear to offer a more civilised and antiseptic method of waging war. Amos C Fox argues that the Precision Paradox is a cautionary heuristic to illustrate the potential shortcomings of precision strategies, thereby allowing decision-makers to incorporate a modicum of realism into their thinking. The Precision Paradox also helps to illustrate the need to return to military thought rooted in realism and reason, instead of military thought based on linear, best-case scenario suppositions.◼ |
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| ISSN: | 0307-1847 1744-0378 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03071847.2024.2343717 |