Technology and power: Specificities of military technology

he complex relationship between politics, technology, military art and warfare is Ivana Damnjanović certainly one of the most interesting and always topical areas of research in the area of social sciences. The aim of this paper is to shed light on several aspects of this relation, as well as their explanations in the scientific literature. First of all, the tie between the state, the army and the technology has prompted many authors to point to the far-reaching social consequences of such a complex of power. In addition, the military technology, exactly because of its association with the state, is characterized by a range of specific features that require special analysis. Finally, the technology may be a multiplier of the military power, and thus, indirectly, of the political power.
Složen odnos između politike, tehnologije, vojne veštine i ratovanja svakako predstavlja jedno od najzanimljivijih i uvek aktuelnih polja istraživanja u društvenim naukama. Cilj ovog rada jeste da osvetli nekoliko aspekata ove relacije, kao i njihova objašnjenja u naučnoj literaturi. Pre svega, sprega između države, vojske i tehnologije podstakla je mnoge autore da ukažu na dalekosežne društvene posledice ovakvog kompleksa moći. Osim toga, vojnu tehnologiju, upravo zbog veze sa državom, karakteriše niz osobenosti koje zahtevaju posebnu analizu. Konačno, tehnologija može biti u funkciji multiplikatora vojne, a time posredno i političke moći.