Overview
- Develops a strategic context for quantum technologies
- Discusses details about the nature of investments made by various states
- Debates the quantum race
- Explains important applications of quantum technologies in a lucid fashion
Part of the book series: Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications (ASTSA)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Section I
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Section II
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Section III
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Section IV
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Section V
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About this book
This book is about the strategic relevance of quantum technologies. It debates the military-specific aspects of this technology. Various chapters of this book cohere around two specific themes. The first theme discusses the global pattern of ongoing civilian and military research on quantum computers, quantum cryptography, quantum communications and quantum internet. The second theme explicitly identifies the relevance of these technologies in the military domain and the possible nature of quantum technology-based weapons. This thread further debates on quantum (arms) race at a global level in general, and in the context of the USA and China, in particular. The book argues that the defence utility of these technologies is increasingly becoming obvious and is likely to change the nature of warfare in the future.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dr. Ajey Lele is Senior Fellow at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi, India. He started this professional career with the Indian Air Force (IAF), but left the IAF to peruse his academic interests. He holds the rank of Group Captain. He has obtained Masters in Physics and his Ph.D. is in International Relations. His specific areas of research include issues related to weapons of mass destruction (WMD), space security and strategic technologies. His important book publications include Strategic Technologies for the Military, Asian Space Race: Rhetoric or Reality (Springer, 2013) and Disruptive Technologies for the Militaries and Security (Springer, 2019).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Quantum Technologies and Military Strategy
Authors: Ajey Lele
Series Title: Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72721-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-72720-8Published: 13 April 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-72723-9Published: 14 April 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-72721-5Published: 12 April 2021
Series ISSN: 1613-5113
Series E-ISSN: 2363-9466
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 182
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Military and Defence Studies, Quantum Physics, Security Science and Technology, Applied and Technical Physics