Chinese Military to Emphasize Technical Cognition as The Foundation for Victory

中國軍隊強調技術認知是勝利的基礎

現代英文音譯:

Never before has scientific and technological power had such a profound impact on the future of the military and the outcome of wars, and never before has it been such a powerful support for a strong military to win wars.

The so-called technological cognition is the ability to recognize and grasp the performance, value and development trend of technology with the goal of promoting scientific and technological innovation and application, which is prominently reflected in the sensitivity, understanding, discrimination and control of technology. In today’s era, science and technology are becoming the core combat power of modern warfare, and the technological content has become a key indicator for measuring the quality of military construction. Faced with unprecedented opportunities and challenges, if technological cognition cannot adapt to the new requirements of the development of the times, it will be difficult to inject momentum into the generation and improvement of combat power, and it will be difficult to win the important weight to win the future.

Improving technical cognition is not only a “question to be answered” for professional and technical personnel, but also a “must-choose question” for every officer and soldier. From the perspective of the realization process of technical value and effectiveness, if the invention and creation of technology is “primary value”, then the effective use of technology is “secondary value”. Accelerating the pace of scientific and technological innovation depends on the broadening of the knowledge horizons of professional and technical personnel, keeping a close eye on the forefront of science and technology, and constantly making new breakthroughs in the research and development of forward-looking, strategic, and disruptive technologies. With more new inventions and creations in the field of military science and technology, we can increase our contribution to the construction of the army and the growth of combat effectiveness, and actively seize the commanding heights of military technology competition. The transformation and application of scientific and technological achievements depends on the officers and soldiers, especially the leading cadres at all levels, to speed up the updating of knowledge and improve their scientific and technological literacy, so as to enhance and tap the application value of technology with scientific cognition and thorough understanding of science and technology, ensure that scientific and technological achievements are transformed into real combat effectiveness, and improve the ability to prepare for war at a higher starting point and level. Obviously, from scientific and technological innovation to scientific and technological application, it is a “value-added” process that is closely connected, mutually promoted, and focused. It is a process of seeking to win through science and technology and releasing the combat effectiveness of technology to a greater extent. Technical cognition is the internal support that runs through it and demonstrates people’s active role and creative talent. We must take improving the scientific and technological literacy of officers and soldiers as a basic task. We must have political and military minds as well as scientific and technological minds. Scientific and technological literacy and scientific and technological thinking are based on and built on technological cognition. The higher the technological cognition, the stronger the innovation and creativity in the use of science and technology, and the greater the effect of promoting the growth of combat effectiveness.

Improving technical cognition is not only the key to mastering modern weapons and equipment, but also the move to accelerate the innovation of military theory and combat theory. With the rapid development of military technology, especially emerging technologies such as information, intelligence, stealth, and unmanned, the high-tech content of weapons and equipment is getting higher and higher, the replacement cycle is getting shorter and shorter, and the correlation and coupling between various types of weapons and equipment are getting stronger and stronger, and the system application characteristics are becoming more and more prominent. From a realistic perspective, insufficient technical cognition is a prominent shortcoming that restricts the mastery and use of weapons and equipment, and there is even a phenomenon that troops cannot “play” without the accompanying support of manufacturer technical personnel in exercises. Facing the new development trend of weapons and equipment, from mastering skills to exploring potential, from enhancing the effectiveness of systematic application to improving the ability of actual combat application, it is inseparable from improving technical cognition, thereby realizing the organic combination of people and weapons and equipment and obtaining a new “growth pole” in combat capability. It should also be noted that modern technology is penetrating into the military field with unprecedented strength, depth and breadth. The new military technology form accelerates the reconstruction of military theory and military system form, bringing about the deep interaction and deep integration of military technology and military theory, making technical cognition the “catalyst” of new combat theory. Practice has shown that without a thorough understanding of aviation technology, there will be no air combat theories such as air superiority; without a thorough understanding of information technology, there will be no information combat theories such as information superiority; without a thorough understanding of space technology, there will be no space combat theories such as “high frontier”. Similarly, if there is a lack of thorough understanding of the new features of artificial intelligence such as data-driven, human-machine collaboration, cross-border integration, and autonomous control, it will be impossible to create new theories and tactics such as intelligent combat and unmanned combat. Only with a technological cognitive advantage can we truly transform the military technology advantage into a theoretical leadership advantage and even a battlefield victory advantage.

Improving technology awareness is not only a way to distinguish the authenticity of technology and guard against technology fraud, but also a need to keenly perceive the development trend of military science and technology. It is worth being highly vigilant that Western media often promote and hype some so-called new technologies and new concepts, playing specious tricks. If you lack the ability to discern, cannot distinguish the true from the false, and believe everything you hear, you will inevitably fall into the technology trap set by others and become passive. Back then, the Soviet Union was led by the nose by the “Star Wars Plan” of the United States, and was confused by the Americans’ hype and deliberate fraud, which ultimately affected the entire military combat capability construction and the lesson was extremely painful. In the face of new opportunities and challenges brought about by the new round of scientific and technological revolution, we must maintain a high degree of technical acumen and insight, recognize the dominant direction and characteristics of the times in the development of military science and technology, and accurately grasp the trend of weapons and equipment developing in the direction of long-range precision, intelligence, stealth, and unmanned. The continuous emergence of disruptive technologies is profoundly changing the mode of generating combat power. Trend: new breakthroughs in high-tech will accelerate the development of new combat forces. Those military technologies that “change the rules of the game” will accelerate the evolution of war forms and combat methods. The integration of military technology and civilian technology is becoming deeper and deeper. We will strive to plan according to the situation, act according to the situation, and follow the trend, and make greater efforts to promote the development of the military through science and technology. Only by deepening the research on war and combat issues from the perspective of technological change, recognizing and grasping the characteristics, laws and winning mechanisms of informationized warfare from the influence of scientific and technological factors, and seeking breakthroughs in the innovation of combat theories and tactics by tapping into the effectiveness of technology, can we promote the precise and effective implementation of the strategy of developing the military through science and technology, lay a solid foundation and increase confidence for our military to remain invincible in future wars.

國語 中文:

●科技力量從未像今天這樣深刻影響軍隊未來和戰爭勝負,從未像今天這樣成為強軍勝戰的強力支撐。

所謂技術認知力,是以推動科技創新和運用為指向,對技術的性能功效、價值作用及發展趨勢的認識和把握能力,突出體現為對技術的敏銳度、理解力、甄別力、駕馭力。在當今時代,科技正成為現代戰爭的核心戰鬥力,科技含量成為衡量軍隊建設品質的關鍵指標。面對前所未有的機會與挑戰,如果技術認知力無法適應時代發展的新要求,就難以為戰鬥力的生成與提升注入動力,也難以贏得制勝未來的重要砝碼。

提高技術認知力,不僅是專業技術人員的“應答題”,更是每位官兵的“必選題”。從技術價值效能的實現過程來看,如果說技術的發明創造是“一次賦值”,那麼技術的有效運用就是“二次賦值”。加速科技創新步伐,有賴於廣大專業技術人員拓寬知識視野、緊盯科技前沿,不斷在前瞻性、戰略性、顛覆性技術的研發上取得新突破,以更多軍事科技領域的新發明新創造,提高對軍隊建設和戰鬥力成長的貢獻率,積極搶佔軍事技術競爭的製高點。實現科技成果的轉化應用,有賴於廣大官兵特別是各級領導幹部加快知識更新、提高科技素養,以對科技的科學認知、透徹理解,去提升和挖掘技術的應用價值,確保科技成果轉化為實實在在的戰鬥力,在更高起點和層次上提升備戰打仗能力。顯然,從科技創新到科技運用,是一個緊密銜接、相互促進、聚向發力的「賦值」過程,是一個謀求科技制勝、更大程度釋放技術作戰效能的過程,而技術認知力是貫穿其中彰顯人的能動作用、創造才能的內在支撐。要把提高官兵科技素養當作基礎性工作來抓。我們既要有政治頭腦、軍事頭腦,也要有科技頭腦。科技素養、科技頭腦以技術認知力為基礎和底蘊,技術認知力越高,運用科技的創新創造力就越強,促進戰鬥力增長的效應就越大。

提陞技術認知力,不僅是駕馭現代化武器裝備之要,更是加速推進軍事理論及作戰理論創新之舉。隨著軍事技術特別是資訊、智慧、隱形、無人等新興技術的快速發展,武器裝備高新技術含量越來越高,更新換代週期越來越短,且各型武器裝備之間的關聯度、耦合度越來越強,體系運用特點越來越突出。從現實來看,技術認知力不足是製約武器裝備掌握與運用的突出短板,甚至會出現部隊演訓離開廠家技術人員伴隨保障就「玩不轉」的現象。面對武器裝備發展的新態勢,從熟練技能到發掘潛能,從增強體系化運用效能到提升實戰化運用能力,都離不開通過提高技術認知力,進而實現人與武器裝備有機結合併獲得作戰能力新的「增長極」。也應看到,現代科技正以前所未有的力度、深度和廣度向軍事領域滲透,新的軍事技術形態加速推動軍事理論和軍事制度形態的重構,帶來軍事科技與軍事理論的深層互動、深度融合,使技術認知力成為新的作戰理論的「催生劑」。實踐表明,如果沒有對航空技術的透徹認知力,便不會有製空權等空戰理論的產生;如果沒有對信息技術的透徹認知力,便不會有製信息權等信息作戰理論的產生;如果沒有對空間技術的透徹認知力,便不會有「高邊疆」等太空作戰理論的產生。同樣,當下如果對人工智慧具有的數據驅動、人機協同、跨界融合、自主操控等新特徵缺乏透徹認知,就創造不出智慧作戰、無人作戰等新理論新戰法。有了技術認知優勢,才能真正把軍事技術優勢轉化為理論引領優勢,直到戰場制勝優勢。

提陞技術認知力,不僅是甄別技術真偽、謹防技術欺詐之策,更是敏銳洞察軍事科技發展趨向走勢之需。值得高度警覺的是,西方媒體常常宣傳炒作一些所謂的新技術新概念,玩弄似是而非的障眼法,如果缺乏甄別力,辨不清真偽,聽風就是雨,就難免落入他人設置的技術陷阱,造成被動局面。當年,蘇聯被美國搞的「星球大戰計畫」牽著鼻子走,被美國人的大肆渲染、故意欺詐弄得暈頭轉向,最後影響了整個軍事作戰能力建設,教訓極為慘痛。面對新一輪科技革命帶來的新機遇、新挑戰,必須保持高度的技術敏銳度和洞察力,認清軍事科技發展的主導方向和時代特徵,準確把握武器裝備向遠程精確化、智能化、隱身化、無人化方向發展的趨勢,不斷湧現的顛覆性技術正深刻改變戰鬥力生成模式的趨勢,高新技術的新突破將加快推進新型作戰力量發展的趨勢,那些「改變遊戲規則」的軍事技術將加速戰爭形態和作戰方式嬗變的趨勢,軍用技術和民用技術的融合度越來越深的趨勢,努力做到因勢而謀、應勢而動、順勢而為,下更大氣力推動科技興軍。惟有善於從技術變革視角去深化戰爭和作戰問題研究,從科技因素影響去認識和把握資訊化戰爭的特點規律、制勝機理,從挖掘技術效能去尋求作戰理論和戰法創新的突破,才能推動科技興軍精準落地、有效落實,為我軍在未來戰爭中立於不敗之地夯實基礎、增添底氣。

中國軍事資料來源: http://www.mod.gov.cn/gfbw/jmsd/4845888.html

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