TY - JOUR AU - Dada, Kayode Sunday John AU - Akila, Jechoniah AU - Suleiman, Usman Omeiza AU - Akinbinu, Abdulrahman PY - 2022/04/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Adoption and deployment of 21st century technologies in armed forces operations JF - Journal of Advances in Military Studies JA - J. Adv. Mil. Stud. VL - 5 IS - 1 SE - DO - 10.37944/jams.v5i1.135 UR - https://journal.idap.re.kr/index.php/JAMS/article/view/135 SP - 95-107 AB - <p>Armed forces across the globe have been continuously modernizing through the deployment of hi-tech computers and nanotechnologies to perfect information acquisition and analysis and data transmission during missions and operations to make them more powerful and enhance their competitive advantage. This study presents an overview of the opportunities provided by twenty-first century military technologies and their advantages, specifically in terms of system integration, communications, and capability to shape modern warfare. The study concludes by recommending the importance of the Ministry of Defense through the provision of adequate funds and budgetary allocations for research, development, and procurement of high-tech equipment like TALOS, FIST, FELIN, IDZ-ZES, RATNIK-3 smart suits for tactical operations to support soldiers for an effective discharge of assigned combat missions during insurgencies and battlefield reconnaissance and domination.</p> ER -