ABSTRACT
Dramatic progress in information technology over the last 50 years has changed every aspect of our lives, affecting individuals, groups, nations and the world. Today politicians worldwide refer to this progress as ‘digital disruption’ in that it affects all aspects of the life of an individual as well as the society in which he or she exists. It offers us tremendous new opportunities not available to our predecessors. But it also enhances chances to destroy stability, radically changing business models, for example. As individuals or organised social groups we must be aware of these destructive efforts and built defences against them. This book has concentrated on a discussion of defence-related problems for small countries resulting from the mass adoption and use of information technology products, systems and services, both within the associated economy in general as well as an integral part of traditional defence and military systems. In this latter sense, all military equipment and weapons can now be assumed to be based largely around microprocessor based technology and associated digital sub-systems, even disposable munitions such as rockets, etc.
