%0 Journal Article %T Promessa tecnol¨®gica e vantagem combatente %A Proen£¿a J¨²nior %A Dom¨ªcio %J Revista Brasileira de Pol¨ªtica Internacional %D 2011 %I Instituto Brasileiro de Rela??es Internacionais %R 10.1590/S0034-73292011000200009 %X this article outlines the process that can lead from present or future technological promise to ready and palpable fighting advantage, seeing its management as an expression of the connection between the logic of politics and the grammar of the means of force. a historical illustration brings to mind some things worth thinking about. %K defense %K strategic studies %K technology. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0034-73292011000200009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en