"As European governments race to build defences, they find that preparing for a 21st-century war looks very different from the cold war model of filling warehouses with ammunition and mines. The war in Ukraine has proved that small, cheap drones can be as effective as heavy armour....First-person-view quadcopters and longer-range autonomous strike drones depend on software updates, secure communications links and supply chains that can shift in months or days. A model that dominates one week can be electronically jammed or tactically outclassed the next...."Take a country like Austria," Kovacevic said. "For the price of two Leopard tanks, they can get approximately 200 drone strike teams. And each of those strike teams can stop an entire company of Leopard tanks.""
Como é que os decisores se adaptarão a esta vertigem evolutiva?
O artigo é sobre drones e fala de guerra, mas o fenómeno é económico:
- Obsolescência acelerada;
- Pressão selectiva constante;
- Cadeias frágeis; e
- Necessidade de adaptação rápida.


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