Scope of the Journal
The Journal of Advance Communication and Kinetic Potential (JACKPOT) is an international, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the study of the evolving relationship between military power, advanced technologies, communication systems, and the changing character of warfare. The Journal focuses specifically on the hard-power dimensions of contemporary and future security environments, with particular attention to how technological innovation is transforming military capabilities, operational concepts, strategic competition, deterrence, escalation, and the battlespace.
JACKPOT explores the convergence of advanced communication and kinetic potential across multiple domains of warfare. The scope of the Journal encompasses, but is not limited to, the following areas:
Thematic Areas
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) in defence and warfare
- Machine learning and algorithmic decision-making
- Autonomous and semi-autonomous weapons systems
- Human-machine teaming
- AI-enabled command and control
- AI-assisted intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR)
- Predictive analytics and decision-support systems
- Generative AI and military applications
- AI-enabled targeting and battlefield management
- Strategic implications of military AI
- Cyber warfare and military cyber operations
- Offensive and defensive cyber capabilities
- Cyber deterrence
- Cyber operations in armed conflict
- Cyber-enabled intelligence and espionage
- Critical infrastructure protection
- Cyber-physical systems and vulnerabilities
- AI-enabled cyber operations
- Cyber resilience and military networks
- Strategic and operational dimensions of cyberspace
- Military space power
- Space-based communication and navigation
- Satellite technologies and satellite warfare
- Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance from space
- Counter-space capabilities
- Anti-satellite systems and technologies
- Space situational awareness
- Space-based early-warning systems
- Resilience and protection of space assets
- Militarization and weaponization of outer space
- Electronic warfare (EW)
- Electronic attack, protection, and support
- Electromagnetic spectrum operations
- Electronic intelligence and signals intelligence
- Jamming and counter-jamming
- Radar and sensor technologies
- Electromagnetic deception
- Spectrum dominance and contested electromagnetic environments
- Integration of electronic warfare with cyber and kinetic operations
- Information warfare
- Strategic and military communications
- Command, control and communications systems
- Information operations
- Influence and psychological operations
- Information advantage in warfare
- Network-centric warfare
- Secure military communications
- Communication denial and resilience
- Information environments and the future battlespace
- Multi-domain operations
- Joint and combined operations
- Land, maritime, air, cyber and space integration
- Cross-domain effects
- Integrated battle networks
- Network-enabled operations
- Joint fires and distributed operations
- Multi-domain command and control
- Convergence of physical and non-physical domains of warfare
- Kinetic warfare and military force
- Precision-guided munitions
- Long-range strike capabilities
- Stand-off weapons
- Missile technologies
- Ballistic and cruise missile systems
- Hypersonic weapons and delivery systems
- Air power and advanced strike capabilities
- Naval and maritime strike systems
- Integrated and layered air and missile defence
- Unmanned aerial systems
- Unmanned ground and maritime systems
- Autonomous weapons systems
- Swarming technologies
- Robotic warfare
- Human-machine collaboration
- Loitering munitions
- Autonomous navigation and targeting
- Distributed autonomous systems
- Ethical, legal and strategic implications of autonomous warfare
- Emerging and disruptive technologies
- Quantum technologies and military applications
- Directed-energy weapons
- Advanced sensors
- Biotechnology and military applications
- Nanotechnology and defence applications
- Advanced materials and military platforms
- 3D printing and additive manufacturing for defence
- Next-generation communications
- Emerging technologies and military innovation
- Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR)
- Battle-management systems
- Digital command and control
- Sensor-to-shooter networks
- Real-time intelligence and battlefield awareness
- Data fusion and information integration
- Networked military platforms
- Digital transformation of armed forces
- Decision superiority and information advantage
- Nuclear command, control and communications
- Strategic stability and emerging technologies
- Technology and nuclear deterrence
- Dual-capable delivery systems
- Missile defence and strategic stability
- Emerging technologies and escalation dynamics
- Conventional-nuclear entanglement
- Strategic early-warning systems
- Advanced technologies and deterrence theory
- Future warfare and future battlespaces
- Revolution in Military Affairs
- Military innovation and technological transformation
- New concepts of warfare
- Hybrid and integrated forms of warfare
- Grey-zone military competition
- Non-linear and distributed warfare
- Technology and operational art
- Future force structures
- The changing relationship between humans, machines, information and military power
- Defence innovation ecosystems
- Military research and development
- Defence-industrial capabilities
- Technological competition among states
- Defence technology transfers
- Indigenous defence production
- Military-industrial cooperation
- Technology acquisition and diffusion
- Strategic supply chains and defence technology
- Competition for technological advantage
JACKPOT also welcomes research examining how technological capabilities are translated into military doctrine, operational concepts, force structures, and strategic outcomes. This includes studies of deterrence, coercion, escalation, strategic signalling, operational effectiveness, battlefield adaptation, military learning, force modernisation, and the integration of emerging technologies into national defence strategies.
Interdisciplinary and International Orientation
JACKPOT welcomes interdisciplinary scholarship situated at the intersection of military studies, strategic studies, international security, defence technology, engineering, computer science, artificial intelligence, cyber studies, space studies, communication, political science, international relations, and operational research. The Journal encourages dialogue between academic scholarship and professional knowledge by providing a platform for researchers, military and defence professionals, technology specialists, policymakers, engineers, practitioners, and independent scholars.
JACKPOT is international in scope and welcomes original contributions from scholars and practitioners irrespective of their country, institutional affiliation, or geographical location. The Journal does not restrict submissions to any particular national, regional, or strategic perspective. Contributions examining military developments, technological innovations, operational experiences, strategic concepts, or emerging security challenges from any part of the world are encouraged.
The Journal particularly welcomes original research articles, review articles, conceptual papers, case studies, comparative studies, technical and strategic assessments, and theoretically informed analyses that contribute substantive knowledge to the study of advanced communication, kinetic potential, military technology, and contemporary and future warfare.
Through its scope, JACKPOT seeks to provide a dedicated scholarly forum for understanding how technology, communication, information, physical force, and military innovation are converging to reshape the capabilities of states and the character of warfare.