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An Air Force U-2 Dragon Lady pilot flies the high-altitude
reconnaissance aircraft approximately 70,000 feet above an
undisclosed location, 2018. Air Force photo by Lieutenant Colonel
Ross Franquemont.

The military is also working on applying quantum mechanics to advanced products such as quantum
clocks, which can be used as alternatives to Global Positioning Satellites (GPS). The clocks can facilitate the
creation of perfect synchronization across multiple weapons systems and aircraft when required. Quantum
mechanics and its military applications are a matter of great interest to the armed forces today,
even though they are more future oriented than ready for immediate use.
But, the only way for the military to prepare for the future is to develop today
the advanced technological warfighting tools it will need tomorrow. That requires
well educated, technologically advanced leaders of the future, many of whom
are developing anti-cyberattack systems at our nation’s military academies.

Cyberattacks, which the Army calls “the new war-fighting domain,” have
become a matter of great concern among military leaders, so much so that
the US Cyber Command was elevated to a combatant command status in
2018. That highlights the increasing awareness among military leaders that
cyberattacks have the potential to wreak havoc on the nation’s infrastructure,
notably its maritime system. They can also disrupt battlefield operations in which
technologically based platforms play a big role. Consequently, the military has
invested huge sums of money to train its members to protect targets from
cyberattacks. The systems they develop will benefit civilians as well, which is
a welcome byproduct of the military’s R&D programs.

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