Post humanism, Virtual Warfare, and the Defence Preparedness of Nations: A Case for Africa’s Readiness
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Background: The era of posthumanism has signalled a shift in the modal
appraisal of global warswith attendant wave of restocking of defence arsenals
with high tech virtual compliant weaponry. Despite this development, most
nations in Africa are yet to grapple with the fact that the world is in the virtual
warfare phase of development, which calls for a change in orientation.
Methods: The study adapted a model developed in Global Defence Perspective
(GDP) in lieu of survey data. Here the research assesses the placement of
countries along the hierarchy of defence spending for the purpose of analysis.
Results: The authors identified acute corruption, bad leadership, appendages of
belligerent nations, policy discontinuity, excessive reliance on mono-economy,
declining industrial potentials, infrastructural decay, massive unemployment,
weakened economies, and a host of other factors as barriers to defensive
investment in Africa.
Conclusions: The discourse appealed to national administrators in Africa to
rise up in order to checkmate the probable challenges that are visible through
the threat or violence associated with cyber warfare.
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BF Psychology, HM Sociology