Science at War

Science, War Documentary hosted by Mark Halliley, published by BBC in 1998 - English narration



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Scientific breakthroughs in the practice of warfare world.
The twentieth century witnessed the arrival of science as the most potent force a country could wield - in peace or at war. Of the enduring legacies from the two world wars that changed all aspects of life-from economics, to justice, to the nature of warfare itself-the scientific and technological legacies of World War II had a profound and permanent effect on life after 1945. Technologies developed during World War II for the purpose of winning the war found new uses as commercial products in the decades that followed the war's end.
This series of six programs shows how scientific breakthroughs in the practice of warfare have shaped the age in which we live.
Each episode examines a key area of science - from physics to engineering and the life sciences - and shows the impact they had both at the time and on later generations. Scientists and military planners explain the role they have played in the discoveries and the series features both archive and specially shot film.

A Blakeway Productions, BBC / A&E Networks Co-Production

--- episode nr. 4 of 6 "Rocket Men" is missing from this set ---

5)  Full Spectrum Dominance
The United States is now pursuing the most massive ever marshalling of raw science to the needs of warfare. Before the dust settled from Desert Storm, American scientists were working to win the next war.
No area of physics, biology or chemistry is being left unexplored in the continuous thrust to give the United States every technological advantage on the battlefield. The next war will have already been fought a hundred times in a virtual copy of the battlefield. Technicians are mapping every target in every major city across the globe using construction codes to predict how each building can be destroyed; years before hostilities are announced. Meanwhile, nuclear weapons formerly aimed into Russia now target "rogue states" - the US military's newest enemy. But, the most insidious future war may be over before the public knows it has been fought. By hacking into an enemy's computer network the US has the capability to secretly place a virus throughout a country's phone system, jam its airport navigation or take out its stock exchange.
So called information warfare gives the power of a 1000 bombs to a one scientist with a keyboard. In the next war, this may be the most devastating weapon of all. Go against America's best interests and there will be no blood, cordite or CNN crew, simply a blank computer screen in a blacked out room.

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Video Codec: XviD ISO MPEG-4
Video Bitrate: 1390 kbps
Video Resolution: 576x432
Video Aspect Ratio: 1.333:1
Frames Per Second: 29.970
Audio Codec: 0x2000 (Dolby AC3) AC3
Audio Bitrate: 192kb/s CBR 48000 Hz
Audio Streams: 2
Audio Languages: english
RunTime Per Part: 48 min
Number Of Parts: 5
Part Size: 550 MB
Source: PDTV
Encoded by: EPiSODE

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