With the recent bombings in Madrid and President Bush’s warning that terrorists will “never be appeased because death is their banner,” it might seem odd to argue for cutting the defense budget. That is, until one listens to John Arquilla, professor of defense information sciences at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey. At a recent meeting of the legendary Silicon Forum, technology executives listened as Arquilla explained why the U.S. military needs to “move in a different direction.”
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Forcing Defense Innovation Through Budget Constraints
Posted by: Sonia Arrison March 24, 2004 06:30 AMWith the recent bombings in Madrid and President Bush’s warning that terrorists will “never be appeased because death is their banner,” it might seem odd to argue for cutting the defense budget. That is, until one listens to John Arquilla, professor of defense information sciences at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey. At a recent meeting of the legendary Silicon Forum, technology executives listened as Arquilla explained why the U.S. military needs to “move in a different direction.”