NATS 1775 Study Guide - Final Guide: Wireless Telegraphy, Vladimir K. Zworykin, The Bell Curve
19 Sep 2013
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Initial war strategies do not reflect new technologies, military regarded as old fashioned. Existing technologies (railroads, telegraphs, machine gun, barbed wire) combined with newer devices: airplane, tank, poison gas. War plans still did not agree with the newly found technologies. Emphasis on triumph of human spirit over technical progress. Skilled at propaganda and receiving funds from the public. Naval power seems like a must for a nation on the global scale. Innovations in naval technology had air of spectacle: 1906 dreadnought battleship weighed 21000 tons and was equipped with 10 12-inch barrels - guns that had an 8 mile range. Made older ships obsolete with its power but created arms race between countries who feared for own security. There was no joint planning between army and navy. Navy used for force to protect trade routes, communication routes and to protect from invasion. Prior to wwi, advances in submarine technology made by germans.
