ICT has transformed the military from dumb bombs to smart weapons, people-centric to network-centric battlefields, and hardware-based to software-based forces. Key changes include weapons that can now communicate and precisely target specific targets without collateral damage, real-time combat surveillance instead of after-action reviews, use of unmanned aerial vehicles and satellites for reconnaissance, and software replacing hardware as the primary force multiplier. ICT has revolutionized modern warfare and military operations.

1. ICT IN MILITARY
ICT Driven Revolution to Society
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2. Introduction
• Defense industry is one of the many industries which are
strongly impacted by Information and Communication
Technology.
• ICT had transformed the industry from :
– producing dumb bombs to smart weapons,
– people-centric to network-centric battlefields management,
– aftermath combat review to real-time combat surveillance,
– land and sea to air and outer space superiority,
– hardware-based to software-based force multipliers.

3. Dumb Bombs to Smart Weapons
• Before ICT era • After ICT era
– Inabilities to choose or – highly efficient and sharply
accurate.
select proper targets.
– could communicate with
– unable to differentiate weapons under their
between high-value command.
targets from
unimportant ones. – destroy very specific
targets without destructing
the surrounding area.

4. People-centric to Network-centric Battlefields Management
• Before ICT era • After ICT era
– required large number of – could monitor troops
peoples, weapons and advancement to enemy’s
equipments to: line, their position in the
battlefield, the number of
• create winning situation casualties, as well as the
level of ammunition supply
(when to replenish them).
• to control the front-line
and cover their left and
right flanks. – intra-troops communication
is also improved with
network-centric devices.

5. Aftermath Combat Review to Real-time Combat Surveillance
• Before ICT era • After ICT era
– no devices being invented to – combat events are feed at
assist the military personnel real-time from the
review their actions in battlefield to the command
combat. center.
– depended on their own – calculate precisely the
accounts and memories. range between target and
their position, measure
– was done by using maps, time will take to travel from
models of the combat areas, one point to another
and direct investigation by accurately.
higher rank officers.

6. Land and Sea to Air and Outer Space Superiority
• Before ICT era • After ICT era
– focus of military activities – unmanned-aerial-vehicle
was towards land and sea (UAV) that can fly
superiority. independently to remote
areas hundreds kilometers
– lots of equipment and from its launch-base.
devices to support the focus.
– powerful satellite that can
– conflict will be on land be used to survey the land,
because unable check ocean, and atmosphere.
enemy at sea before they
reach to the soil.

7. Hardware-based to Software-based Force Multipliers
• Before ICT era • After ICT era
– spending lots of cash to pay – the software implanted
for the hardware. inside the equipment
(hardware)
– promoted military hardware
such as – software are used in many
hardware such as
• big caliber artillery pieces as
the queen of battlefield, • long range radar,
• battlefield management
• main battle tanks as the king of system,
battlefield that could destruct • global positioning system
large areas as the force (GPS),
multipliers. • missiles active guide system,
and etc.

8. Baseline Satellite Platform
• To maximize payload performance with capacity to
support military communication services.
• To have minimal impact in incorporating ground
infrastructures.
• To support legacy ground equipment.

9. Malaysia Military Strenght

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