Effectively pulse the frontier of paramilitary science and technology
■ Liu Haijiang
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Science and technology is the most active and revolutionary factor in the construction of combat effectiveness. The rapid development of high-tech will cause profound changes and even complete subversion in the form and mode of war. The Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee proposed to accelerate the development of strategic cutting-edge disruptive technologies, the upgrading of weapons and equipment and the development of intelligent weapons and equipment. This requires us to keep the frontier of quasi-world military science and technology in the forefront, and strive for combat effectiveness from science and technology in the practice of combining war with construction.
Strengthen the pre-judgment and screening of cutting-edge technology
The vigorous development of advanced science and technology provides new historical opportunities for the construction and development of the army. Therefore, it is necessary to find out the frontier hotspots of advanced science and technology, closely combine the national strategy, professional fields and the actual needs of the military, strengthen the screening of advanced design, and prevent falling into the "technical trap." During the hegemony between the United States and the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union misjudged the American Star Wars plan, fell into the trap of strategic deception, and accelerated the decline of national strength.
Expand the dynamic information system of frontier science and technology. Closely follow the development direction of the world’s advanced military science and technology, improve the dynamic information system of frontier science and technology, distinguish between fields and specialties, clarify the boundaries of responsibilities, and continue to follow up research. Pre-study the military application of advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and quantum information in the future battlefield, identify the core technologies and key problems that need to be mastered in the transformation and development of the military, strengthen the research on technology evaluation, and scientifically grasp the new laws and trends that technology leads tactics and technology promotes military scientific and technological innovation.
Improve the research and judgment mechanism of frontier science and technology development. To strengthen the research and judgment of frontier science and technology development, we need to rely on the perspective of social domain, strengthen macro-examination, philosophical thinking and advanced planning, and improve the research and judgment mechanism of frontier science and technology development. Comprehensive use of modern scientific theories such as system theory, information theory, cybernetics and decision science, and rational combination of the evolution trend of human society, comprehensively judge the development of cutting-edge science and technology. We attach great importance to the revolutionary impact of high-tech development on war forms, modes and systems, especially the fundamental changes that subversive technologies may bring to future war rules and winning mechanisms.
Enrich the screening methods of cutting-edge scientific and technological functions. Entering the information and intelligent society, the role of information and intelligence is increasing. In social mass production, information data will become means of production, intelligent algorithms will become productive forces, and the Internet will build relations of production. Distinguishing and judging the future advanced science and technology requires not only philosophical thinking and systematic analysis, but also the use of technologies such as mass data storage, classified data fusion and deep data mining to scientifically predict and grasp the social development trend and the evolution direction of war forms, and to keenly predict and capture the turning point of war.
Iterative promotion of the development of science and technology system
To promote the development of military science and technology in the future can not be limited to the research and application of single technology, but needs to focus on development goals, promote the overall system design, and iteratively deepen the rolling development with the help of the advantages of mechanism. The Soviet Union used to be the world’s "leader" in electronic technology in the electron tube era, but during the transition period from transistors to integrated circuits, it failed to develop scientifically and iteratively, and missed its leading position.
Strengthen top-level planning and promote technology research and development. The future military operations will cover a wider range of fields, more contents and longer axes than before. The research method path should be highly unified in the top-level design, guided by promoting the formation of actual combat capability of military intelligent science and technology, with keen insight into the development trend of advanced military science and technology, integrating the design of era topics with great potential contribution value, correctly handling the relationship between advanced science and technology research and development and military application, scientific and technological innovation and theoretical innovation, and theoretical innovation and military practice, and promoting and coordinating each other.
Establish a dynamic open system renewal mechanism. Advanced science and technology is subversive and revolutionary in the form of innovation. It is often used to break the routine and subvert common sense to open up new technical fields. We must remain sensitive and be able to realize the leap-forward development of traditional fields and mainstream technologies. Advanced science and technology is epochal and substitutive on the time axis, and it is always accompanied by the rich development of social practice. We must continue to pay attention to it, and we can dynamically adjust and supplement it according to the overall situation of scientific and technological development.
Scientifically handle the iterative development relationship of technology. Perfecting the military science and technology system is a practical process of continuous exploration and advancing with the times. It is necessary to closely follow the functional orientation and the objectives in the strategic stage of development, carefully study the blueprint for construction and development, target ideas, key tasks, ways and measures, and promote the implementation of research projects in engineering according to the methods and steps of overall demonstration, key research, pilot verification and popularization and application, so as to form a military science and technology system with vertical connection, horizontal integration, prominent focus and complete content.
Identify key areas with goals in mind.
The R&D and application of military science and technology involves a wide range, a wide range of fields and a variety of technologies. It is necessary to clarify the relationship and determine the key areas according to military needs and technical maturity, and analyze military needs to find the correct technical support. At the turn of the century, Kodak, Nokia, Motorola and other giant enterprises are all technology leaders in their respective industries, but their development priorities have deviated, and they have gradually become ordinary or even disappeared in the wave of innovation.
Clarify military needs based on development goals. In order to effectively play the role of security, military forces need to identify their capacity requirements based on development goals. To determine the military requirements of advanced science and technology in different fields in the information-based intelligent war, we need to be supported by the network information system, guided by the demand for combat capability, and persist in focusing on preparing for war and expanding tasks, constantly accelerating the depth, breadth and intensity of the integration and development of mechanization, information and intelligence, and effectively enhancing the military’s ability to fulfill its mission.
Clarify the relationship and determine the key areas. With the in-depth application of advanced technology, new weapons and equipment are developing in the direction of intelligent unmanned, and the combat field extends from physical domain and information domain to cognitive domain. The innovation of military science and technology needs to focus on strengthening the research of new combat forces such as wide-area reconnaissance, multi-domain assault, cross-domain slowness, cognitive attack and defense, and elite special warfare, focusing on emerging combat fields such as cyberspace, intelligent algorithms, and brain-computer integration, closely tracking new combat styles such as intelligent confrontation, deep-sea combat, and unmanned cluster combat, and creating the growth point of new combat effectiveness.
Analyze military requirements and find technical support. The expansion of combat space and the enrichment of new military functions are inseparable from the material support of technological development. Comprehensively track and master the latest frontier trends of world military science and technology development, determine the main attack direction and breakthrough point from the national conditions and military intelligence, adhere to the principle of "doing something and not doing something", continuously optimize the design of equipment system, and enhance the independent innovation capability of weapon platform technology. For the right direction, we should plan ahead of time, increase investment, actively seize the commanding heights of technology transformation and application, create the growth point of scientific and technological support for combat effectiveness, and realize the breakthrough from "following" to "running side by side" and "leading".
Consolidate the strong and make up the weak, grasp the key to application
The key to the R&D and application of military science and technology is to implement the standard of combat effectiveness, examine the lack of combat effectiveness from a systematic perspective, support the national development strategy and the military mission, use asymmetric strategies to strengthen the strong and make up for the weak, take extraordinary measures to develop superior technologies, and effectively realize strategic checks and balances and military responses through "you hit you, I hit me". During the Cold War, the Soviet Union developed long-range heavy-duty anti-ship missiles vigorously, and built the capability of saturation strike against American aircraft carrier formation.
The advantages of system analysis ability generation are insufficient. Adhere to the preparation for military struggle as the traction, be close to the actual needs of army building and development, and scientifically judge the needs of advanced scientific and technological innovation and development in future wars. Focusing on strategic guidance, system construction, application countermeasures, laws and regulations, taking system integration and demonstration of typical operational needs as a platform, we will timely track and supervise key scientific and technological research achievements and turn them into grasping hands, produce more high-quality technological innovations quickly, fill scientific and technological gaps in the military field in time, and effectively support army building.
Take extraordinary measures to develop key technologies. Focus on judging the trend of new military changes in the world, establish a grand scientific research concept, take the major practical problems that restrict the generation and development of military combat effectiveness as the traction, make overall plans to design a collaborative model of joint research on major topics, sharing scientific research resources and integrating superior technologies, give play to the role of research institutions in serving heads, serving troops and supporting decision-making, provide a platform for demonstration, review, supervision, evaluation and transformation of advanced scientific and technological innovation, and build a good mechanism for cross-system, cross-unit and interdisciplinary collaborative research and joint research.
Gather resources from various sources to fill shortcomings and weaknesses. Establish the overall pattern of safeguarding national comprehensive security and expanding strategic interests, deepen the concept of joint victory, break through the ideological shackles that restrict winning, and break the obstacles between military and social domains. Study and explore the concept of victory and defeat and winning conditions of information-based intelligent warfare, deepen the sharing of resource elements, and accelerate the formation of a new path and platform conducive to the improvement of combat effectiveness.
Shorten the transformation period to combat effectiveness
The fundamental goal of building a military science and technology system, clarifying the relationship, and accelerating R&D and application is to improve the combat effectiveness and implement the goal of "being able to fight and win the battle". In this regard, it is necessary to continue to research and develop hard, generate links smoothly, and strengthen practical testing.
Continue to carry out advanced science and technology to deepen research. The mode of human social production determines the mode of war. In today’s world, the development of science and technology presents a multi-point and mass breakthrough trend. We must take the lead in grasping the bud of technological revolution, focus on the main practices, cutting-edge experiments and technology application of world powers, fully absorb the latest scientific and technological achievements in the world today, improve the scientific and technological content of military research, enhance the practical value of scientific and innovative achievements, and build an advanced scientific and technological transformation path with our military characteristics and in line with the laws of modern warfare.
Combining research and application to promote technical materialization equipment. Weapons and equipment are the important material basis of war and the basic tools to engage in war. We need to adhere to the development idea of "what to fight and what weapons to develop" and firmly grasp the "bull nose" of scientific and technological innovation. Give full play to the frontier advantages of scientific and technological innovation and the role of high-end think tanks, construct a roadmap for the development of new technologies and new equipment in advance, enrich and increase the intelligence and structural strength other than lethality and mechanical power around the basic elements of weapons and equipment, and systematically integrate functions such as reconnaissance and surveillance, tracking and strike, command and control and lethality evaluation to maximize operational effectiveness.
Strengthen the practice test and get through the generated link. Make clear the timing, area, scale and style of the war in the overall situation and strategy, and strengthen the research on the basic points of military struggle preparation and military construction planning. According to the ideas of concise demand, building platform, aggregating resources and promoting integration, we will build a brand of scientific and technological innovation exchange platform, and organize special technology and project experimental demonstration in combination with the annual training activities and major tasks of military units, so as to open up the "last mile" of advanced scientific and technological innovation to battlefield application and improve the acceleration of scientific and technological innovation transformation and application.