[PDF] The Human Weapon System eBook

Author : Christopher Myers
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 30,79 MB
Release : 2023-12-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3031450612

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This book discusses the differences between a human weapon system and a tactical athlete and what a human optimization program is. Furthermore, this book discusses and demonstrates how to put together a training program at an organizational level for the human weapon system. A systematic approach is presented and discussed, from initial analysis of the human weapon system to creating a multi-domain human performance optimization program. This book strives to familiarize the reader with the systematic approach that the author has utilized as an exercise physiologist in the Department of Defence over the past ten years. This book also explains how to utilize technology to individualize the human performance optimization program at an organizational level. The book discusses current technologies in power generation, measuring endurance, and nutrition, and also demonstrates to strength coaches and practitioners how to use these technologies and individualize optimization.

Author : Jill R. Scheckel
Publisher : War College Series
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 20,62 MB
Release : 2015-02-23
Category :
ISBN : 9781296474935

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This is a curated and comprehensive collection of the most important works covering matters related to national security, diplomacy, defense, war, strategy, and tactics. The collection spans centuries of thought and experience, and includes the latest analysis of international threats, both conventional and asymmetric. It also includes riveting first person accounts of historic battles and wars.Some of the books in this Series are reproductions of historical works preserved by some of the leading libraries in the world. As with any reproduction of a historical artifact, some of these books contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. We believe these books are essential to this collection and the study of war, and have therefore brought them back into print, despite these imperfections.We hope you enjoy the unmatched breadth and depth of this collection, from the historical to the just-published works.

Author : Jill R. Scheckel
Publisher :
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 25,96 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Resilience (Personality trait)
ISBN :

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"A healthy and fit force is essential for our military to maintain its readiness posture and war-fighting capabilities. "The most important weapon system in the US military is people, and their health and fitness is the basic guarantor of military success at all levels of engagement" (AFDD 2-4.2, 2002, p. 23). Because our greatest resource is personnel, it is imperative that we prepare our members with the capabilities and skills needed to perform in a high stress environment. While the military has made significant strides within the realm of physical preparedness for service, it has not devoted as much attention to promote mental preparedness. Because the profession of arms is inherently stressful, we must adequately equip our members to not only survive, but also thrive within this environment. While each military service addresses and monitors physical fitness as a key component for combat readiness, psychological fitness has largely been undertrained and warrants attention (Thomas, Adler, Witels, Enne, & Johannes, 2004). The objective of this review is to examine the dynamic constructs of resiliency and hardiness as cornerstones for training and promoting mental preparedness in the military."--Abstract from web site.

Author : Nehal Bhuta
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 30,46 MB
Release : 2016-09
Category : History
ISBN : 1107153565

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This examination of the implications and regulation of autonomous weapons systems combines contributions from law, robotics and philosophy.

Author : Harold P. Van Cott
Publisher :
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 24,2 MB
Release : 1958
Category : Human engineering
ISBN :

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"At each stage in the development of a new weapon system appropriate action must be taken regarding the eventual role which men will play in operating and maintaining the completed system. The use of systematic procedures for solving problems and making decisions with respect to these human engineering factors, and for articulating them with other aspects of system development, assures that the weapon system emerges as a maximally effective man-machine system. This report is intended to suggest systematic procedures for the human engineering of developmental weapon systems. A brief discussion of man-machine systems and the role of human engineering in their design is followed by a design schedule. This schedule suggests at what points and in what ways human engineering should be accomplished. Following the design schedule, procedures that may be used to assess and solve human engineering problems are suggested. Finally, human capabilities and limitations are discussed from the point of view of the man as a system component."--Abstract.

Author : Tim McFarland
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 44,44 MB
Release : 2020-07-09
Category : Law
ISBN : 1108499740

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A close examination of the interface between autonomous technologies and the law with legal analysis grounded in technological realities.

Author : Paul Scharre
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 32,32 MB
Release : 2018-04-24
Category : History
ISBN : 0393608999

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Winner of the 2019 William E. Colby Award "The book I had been waiting for. I can't recommend it highly enough." —Bill Gates The era of autonomous weapons has arrived. Today around the globe, at least thirty nations have weapons that can search for and destroy enemy targets all on their own. Paul Scharre, a leading expert in next-generation warfare, describes these and other high tech weapons systems—from Israel’s Harpy drone to the American submarine-hunting robot ship Sea Hunter—and examines the legal and ethical issues surrounding their use. “A smart primer to what’s to come in warfare” (Bruce Schneier), Army of None engages military history, global policy, and cutting-edge science to explore the implications of giving weapons the freedom to make life and death decisions. A former soldier himself, Scharre argues that we must embrace technology where it can make war more precise and humane, but when the choice is life or death, there is no replacement for the human heart.