TY - BOOK AU - LOUTH John AU - BRONK Justin TI - Science, technology and the generation of the military instrument PY - 2015/// KW - MILITARY ART AND SCIENCE KW - MILITARY PLANNING KW - STRATEGIC PLANNING N2 - With the funding behind this long-held military edge now being scaled back as part of a wider austerity drive, it is ever-more important that governments invest their money wisely and that new technology is operationalised as effectively as possible. In this article, the authors draw on interviews with policy-makers, industry figures and military personnel as well as novel-technology case studies to argue for the 'operationalisation' of uncertainty in the early design stages of capability planning, tehreby allowing for the inclusion of mature technology at a much later date ER -