AT Tech Renders Soldiers Obsolete The changing nature of combat make a draft irrelevant all draftees will won’t – have a role in modern warfare. Barno and Bensahel, 16 retired US lieutenant general & Scholar @ American University – (David and Nora, Nonresident Senior Fellows at the Atlantic Council, WHY WE STILL NEED THE DRAFT, 23 Feb 2016, War on the Rocks, Accessed 6 July 2016) [Premier] Conscription Wars are way too complicated today for anyone but long-serving professionals. Draftees will be useless or worse, disruptive. in the future could look very different than the draft calls of Vietnam or Korea, which were designed to provide more future wars require conscripting the experts at nation’s infantrymen for the fight. The changing shape of may best code cyber security to build cyber warriors. There might an writing, hacking, and rapidly a world-class cadre of be immediate need to put financial experts into uniform to protect from and market analysts help the nation potentially disruptive economic warfare. Or the military might need social media gurus who understand to mobilize can help and undercut insidious messaging of adversaries aiming to inflame and then the highly sophisticated radicalize populations targeted conscripts might be reservists, at home and abroad. These also drafted to be splitting time between uniformed and civilian jobs 21st-century, and leveraging skills from both. This human capital is unlikely in military yet may prove crucial today’s — to be found in a future major war.
AT Tech Renders Soldiers Obsolete The changing nature of combat won’t make a draft irrelevant – all draftees will have a role in modern warfare. Barno and Bensahel, 16 – retired US lieutenant general & Scholar @ American University (David and Nora, Nonresident Senior Fellows at the Atlantic Council, WHY WE STILL NEED THE DRAFT, 23 Feb 2016, War on the Rocks, Accessed 6 July 2016) [Premier] Wars are way too complicated today for anyone but long-serving professionals. Draftees will be useless or worse, disruptive. Conscription in the future could look very different than the draft calls of Vietnam or Korea, which were designed to provide more infantrymen for the fight. The changing shape of future wars may require conscripting the nation’s best experts at code writing, hacking, and cyber security to rapidly build a world-class cadre of cyber warriors. There might be an immediate need to put financial experts and market analysts into uniform to help protect the nation from potentially disruptive economic warfare. Or the military might need to mobilize social media gurus who can help understand and then undercut the insidious messaging of highly sophisticated adversaries aiming to inflame and radicalize populations at home and abroad. These targeted conscripts might also be drafted to be reservists, splitting time between uniformed and civilian jobs and leveraging skills from both. This 21st-century, human capital is unlikely to be found in today’s military — yet may prove crucial in a future major war.
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