Does superior offensive technology lead to shorter wars?
London, March 31 (IANS) It is generally assumed that military technology that is offensive rather than defensive leads to shorter wars. Yet, a new doctoral thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, shows that this assumption is not correct.For long, researchers have thought that offensive military technology, such as armoured cars and attack jets, makes it easier to shorten the duration of a war. It is also generally perceived that when the offensive technology is more effective than the defensive technology, it is more advantageous to start a war. “While this may be seen in some wars where the attacker is clearly superior, it is not true on average. This means that the improved military technology has not resulted in any advantages for the attacking force, at least not in terms of war duration,” says Marco Nilsson. Nilsson, who conducted the study, recently earned his doctorate from the Department of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg. To investigate the effect
