MILITARY CONFLICTS AS A CATALYST OF INNOVATION

Abstract

The article analyzes the impact of military conflicts on innovative technologies, considers the possibilities of commercial use of innovative military developments in peacetime and the impact of military conflicts on the economy. The chronology of innovative developments due to the merger of military technologies and their commercial use is studied. It is determined that technology, more than any other external force, shapes war; and vice versa, war shapes technology. Technology opens up opportunities and changes the means of waging war. Technology has been a major source of military innovation throughout history. They cause change in war more than any other factor. The tools of warfare have evolved slowly throughout human history, but only in the modern world is there an institutionalized and rationalized mechanism for their constant and systematic renewal. Higher levels of government spending related to the war have been found to tend to bring some positive economic benefits in the short term, especially due to the increase in economic growth that occurs during the expenditure boom in conflict. However, negative unintended consequences occur either at the same time as the war, or develop as residual effects over time, thereby harming the economy in the long run. At the same time, military conflicts are the impetus for new innovative developments. In crisis conditions, the probability of intensification of modernization processes increases, new branches and sectors of the economy appear, and high-quality structuring takes place. Thereby, military conflicts, with many negative consequences, are a catalyst for innovation arising from scientific developments in the military sphere, as well as stimulate the industrial development of countries in a high-tech direction based on quality human capital, knowledge and innovation.