1st Lt. Davud Sablak
Introduction - What is a Cyber Arms Race?
The Cyber Arms Race can trace its roots to 1949 when the Soviet Union tested their first nuclear weapon. This development sparked the Cold War nuclear arms race; a competition between the United States and Soviet Union to develop and stockpile nuclear weapons. The nuclear arms race led to competition for technological superiority. This included satellite and space technology. The beginning of this technological race was the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics’ (USSR) launch of the Sputnik Satellite in 1957, which led the United States achieving dominance by being the first nation to land on the moon in 1969. Contemporaneously, the U.S. Navy was developing a series of computers called the Naval Tactical Data System for air battle management, the U.S. Air Force was trying to create an early warning and air defense system called Semi-Automatic Ground Environment. Meanwhile, the Department of Defense was working with civilian-academic partners such as IBM and Honeywell to develop the first transistors, integrated circuits, and universal automatic computers (UNIVAC) (Leese, 2023). This series of developments was the beginning of a computer arms race.
In this paper, I will discuss the United States Cyber Arms Race with other nation states, focusing on China. More importantly, this paper will concentrate on the Cyber Arms Race in the realm of Artificial Intelligence (AI). I will discuss the rise of Artificial Intelligence in warfare, explore its potential applications, and examine the risks associated with its unchecked and unregulated use. Lastly, I will argue that while the United States Department of Defense must continue to develop AI systems, it must also continuously educate and equip its users with the tools to understand and critically analyze systems. Additionally, I will show that our nation must continue to reassess, reevaluate, and regulate the use of AI systems.
Applications of Artificial Intelligence in the Battlefield
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