| Summary/Abstract |
At the root of the West's conventional military dominance lie investment in and the operationalisation of advances in science and technology (S&T). However, with the funding behind this long-held military edge now being scaled back as part of a wider austerity drive, it is ever-more important that governments invest their money wisely and that new technology is operationalised as effectively as possible. John Louth and Justin Bronk draw on interviews with policy-makers, industry figures and military personnel as well as novel-technology case studies to argue for the ‘operationalisation’ of uncertainty in the early design stages of capability planning, thereby allowing for the inclusion of mature technology at a much later date.
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