Moore’s Law apparently applies to modern warfare. Interesting Kuro5hin column on 21st Century war-fighting and how the US can basically dictate terms to the known universe.
In addition to a tremendous C3I capability, the U.S. possesses an unmatched force projection capability. No other country, or reasonable combination of countries, has long-range heavy bombers (B-2 and B-52) carrying precision munitions (JDAMs). None have stealth technologies (F-117, B-2, and the DD-X stealthy ship(in development)). None come close to equivalent naval air power (12 carrier battle groups). None can deploy as many troops, as quickly, with as much support. In less than 15 years the U.S. has gone from being one of three superpowers, to being the lone hyperpower. It can do pretty much what it wants, and no one can do much about it. To quote Bruce Sterling, “The US military … dominates the battle space so thoroughly that its so-called competitors live on sufferance … It’s a new strategic reality.”
Speaking of Sterling, his Wired articles are on-line now: “Peace Is War” and “Death To America”. That last one is especially worth checking out