Computers And The Military

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with computers and war may be various simulation and action games. This is big business for software developers and merchandisers all over the world. As in all businesses money is the most important criteria for the big companies so they have no morale problems with making warfare into entertainment as long as it's selling. The same goes for the film industry, but at least some war films also describe the pain and hopelessness of war. So far I've never seen a computer game capable of expressing the negative and painful side of fighting and killing. It is pure entertainment, and people obviously enjoy it. It is possible that this gives a recreational effect for some people, but there exist scientific evidence that especially children but also grown ups can have a hard time determining the difference between fiction and real life. As the games get more and more realistic, this is an issue that will be more discussed and given more attention in the future. By now submarine- and ...

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how to deal with the future of warfare.
Computers have invaded all branches within the military. There are computers in missiles both offensive and defensive, and both short-, middle- and long range. The computers in the long- and middle range missiles are programmed with exact destination or being manually directed towards their goal. Short-range rockets are programmed not to explode on impact with tanks and other armored vehicles and helicopters because the armor nowadays is so good it can stand a rocket exploding on impact. Instead they are made to go through the first layer of armor and then explode.
Helicopters and planes have manual steering, all of the instruments are built on ...

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