The document discusses the potential applications of blockchain technology in the defense sector, highlighting its ability to enhance supply chain management, decentralize weapon control systems, and improve manufacturing processes. By providing features like immutability and decentralization, blockchain can bolster cybersecurity and protect sensitive military information. The document emphasizes the need for secure and transparent systems in armed forces to mitigate vulnerabilities associated with centralized data storage.

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Blockchain to help armed forces
Armed force is an essential pillar of any nation. From ensuring the security at the
border to fighting the crisis, the armed forces play a crucial role. Military people
communicate in codes, and secret language and all these information are highly
confidential. It might contain valuable information about the nation, or it might have
some secret codes. With the increasing issues regarding cybersecurity, it
becomes imperative to protect this information at all cost. So, how can we ensure
this? It’s true that the military agencies make use of the state of the art
technologies to provide security of information.
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Is Blockchain the solution?
Blockchain has seen acclivitous growth in recent years, since its inception in 2008
till the present time, and the technology has found many applications apart from
cryptocurrency exchange. Today, many industries are using this technology in
fields like healthcare, supply chain, shipping, etc. Owing to its multifaceted
features, we can use this technology for a lot for many other purposes. In this
blog, I will be highlighting how blockchain is playing a vital role in the defence
sector.
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Analysing the use of Blockchain for armed forces
As already mentioned, blockchain can prove to be beneficial for the armed forces
in myriads of ways. Using blockchain technology can solve a lot of their purpose
and here is how armed forces can use this technology:
Tracking Supply Chain– Well, this is the most prominent use of blockchain
technology. Management of the supply chain in the defence sector is a
challenging task, it is a complicated process and has many challenges. With the
help of its traceability and tracking features the supply chain system becomes
highly robust and reliable.
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Decentralizing weapon Control Systems
Decentralization is the critical feature of the blockchain it will have an advantage
for powering systems like Aegis. With the help of this technology, we can verify
that all the nodes are working together in a coordinated way. Lockheed Martin,
one the key suppliers in defence sector in the US has incorporated blockchain
technology into their supply chain risk management, system engineering process,
software development, etc. It has become the first company to use blockchain.
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Manufacturing Process
we know that the information once recorded in blockchain is visible to everyone in
the network and this data is immutable. Once the information gets recorded in the
distributed ledger, it becomes unalterable and unchangeable. This feature can
prove to be beneficial for the defence segment. It enables the users to see the
exact details of any particular components. The components can be recorded at
different stages of production and installation, and thus blockchain can prove to be
beneficial in the manufacturing process of the arms.
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Safety from Cyber attacks
The current system is a centralised one. Every information is stored in a central
repository. Thus, it becomes more vulnerable to cyber attacks. In fact, if there is a
failure at a central system, then the entire system fails. So, we need a full-proof
system which can guarantee the security of information. The blockchain is a
centralised system wherein all the information is distributed across the nodes.
Whenever you want you can access this information and no third party can barge
into the system to hack it, steal it or change it. And hence, you have a full-proof
system which is free from information leakage.
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Take Aways-
It is evident that the armed forces are present globally and have to manage a
global supply chain. We know that there is a need for a system which can ensure
complete security and transparency of this supply chain. Every year the military
spends millions and millions to use the best technologies that can guarantee the
seamless supply chain management, data management, data security, etc. But
somewhere this system also doesn’t ensure complete safety and security.
Blockchain with its features like immutability and decentralisation can give an
extra edge to the current security system.
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