ABSTRACT
Technological, social, and environmental developments are producing changes at such a rate that they threaten to overwhelm the ability of individuals, societies, and governments to adapt. The pace and impact of this technological churn is especially difficult for the U.S. Navy because of its lengthy planning, acquisition, and personnel cycles. The U.S. Navy should prepare to ride succeeding waves of techno-strategic change—particularly the “robotics wave”—and apply three rules of strategy in thinking about the role of technology in war at sea.
