The new technology gives mobility, speed, and great offensive power to rapid deployment forces. The new type of war places less strain on military logistics, increases strategic initiative in the battlefield, and gives commanders greater knowledge of where their forces are and what they are doing than ever before. High tech greatly spur economic development but at the same time but has at the same time been a source of frightening destructive power. Today, large-scale war is avoidable and so military methods are not used as much as before to resolve conflicts of interest among nations. Even if not used in large scale wars, military power has become a sort of overall index of national strength, a bargaining chip and indeed, something useful in limited wars.
New weapons emerge from the general pool of new science and technology.
Ninety percent of the new science and technology that emerges from the lab has military applications. With each new wave of science and technology comes a revolution in the way war is fought and organized. The growing importance of air to ground missiles blurs the distinction among air, sea and ground forces. Remotely piloted aircraft will replace many Navy and Air Force manned aircraft. The smaller forces of the future will need less logistical support but more strategic information from satellites, etc.