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Military Innovation Called a Strategic Dead End

Original: Hammers and Nails: Military Innovation as a Strategic Dead End

A new essay argues that pursuing military innovation for its own sake can become a strategic dead end, warning that armed forces risk treating new technologies as solutions in search of problems — the 'hammer and nail' trap. The piece has struck a chord with defense analysts debating whether current modernization drives genuinely serve strategic goals or simply follow technological fashion.

Why now: Ongoing debates over defense modernization and whether new military technology actually delivers strategic advantage

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