Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-245)and index.

Navigating the transparent battlefield -- Contesting the spectrum -- When protection is an illusion -- When the tail needs teeth -- Blood in the streets -- The geometry of the future battlefield -- The manoeuvre system -- The fires system -- The assault system -- The support system -- Divergent domains -- Priorities in transformation -- An instrument of power.

"From smart munitions and ground penetrating radar to autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence and drones, the mode of warfare is currently undergoing a rapid transformation, with modern technologies reshaping how armies fight in the twenty-first century. Modern Weapons and Tactics analyses the choices that armies confront as they try and combine old and new capabilities. Based upon extensive observation and practical experimentation with emerging systems, Jack Watling charts how the decisions armies make to seek advantage from novel technologies inevitably determine their effectiveness and success on the battlefield. At a time when defence spending across NATO is on the rise, and conflict with Russia raises new questions of what it means to fight a truly 'modern' war, Watling demonstrates how armies must fight, rather than simply assert what they will fight with"-- Provided by publisher.