What the military revolution involves includes weapons technology, establishment systems, military doctrine, military management and the nature of war.
Military revolution, by definition: the timely and correct combination of advanced technology and weapons systems with innovative military doctrine and force organization, resulting in a dramatic (order of magnitude) increase in the operational effectiveness of the military.
The military revolution, which is not a general military reform, is not only manifested in changes in military technology, but also in fundamental changes in the military sphere, i.e., major changes in weaponry, army structure, operational doctrine, military training, etc. Its essential feature and main symbol is that it produces significant changes in the military sphere.
Only if the institutional organization of the army is brought into line with the development of new technologies will it be possible to create the fundamental conditions for the arrival of the military revolution. Without integrating the structure of the military with the potential utility of new technologies, even the best and most varied technologies are unlikely to prompt a military revolution .
The main elements of the new military revolution include:
1. The tendency of the institutional establishment to become more pronounced in terms of unionization, miniaturization and autonomy.
2, weapons and equipment show a trend toward digitalization, precision, stealth and unmanned.
3, the form of joint operations to the "four non-" (non-contact, non-linear, asymmetric and irregular) and "three no" (invisible, silent, unmanned) combat direction.
4, the army command pattern more flat, automated, networked, seamless, integrated joint combat command system gradually formed; modern national defense management system continues to improve.