one of the central problems in understanding the current debate over rma arises from many theorists' use of the term to refer to the revolutionary technology itself, which is the driving force of change. concurrently, other theorists tend to use the term as referring to revolutionary adaptations by military organisations that may be necessary to deal with the changes in technology. other theorists place rma more closely inside the specific political and economic context of globalization and the end of the cold war.