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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 01:20:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Role of Military Professionals in Dealing with Construction Industry of Sri Lanka</title>
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<description>Role of Military Professionals in Dealing with Construction Industry of Sri Lanka
Rodrigo, H; Welivita, WKAV; Jayasooriya, SD; Rupasinginghe, AR; Gunarathna, CT
Construction industry is one of the main&#13;
industries which contributes to the national economy. This&#13;
paper is focused to identify the role of military professionals&#13;
such Civil Engineers, Architects, Quantity Surveyors and&#13;
Surveyors in dealing with the construction industry in Sri&#13;
Lanka. This study is purely based on a case study which is in&#13;
the progress of military construction project in Sri Lanka.&#13;
Generating information on the civil-military construction&#13;
environment, contributing the military professionals to the&#13;
project, increasing the quality and the neatness of the&#13;
project were considered as the major factors of this project.&#13;
There were some civil labors and professionals involved in&#13;
this project. But this study was mainly based on the military&#13;
professionals and the data collection was done through the&#13;
primary methods as questionnaires and the interviews.&#13;
Data analysis was done by using the both qualitative and&#13;
quantitative techniques. According to the opinions of the&#13;
experts who are involved in this project, they can achieve&#13;
the expected results of the time, cost and the quality of the&#13;
project than the involvement of the civil professionals.&#13;
Working under the military environment is giving a&#13;
significant impact on the higher performance of the project&#13;
than under the civil environment. This case study reveals&#13;
that there should be a serious involvement of the military&#13;
professionals in the construction industry. Then the&#13;
construction projects will be cost effective, timely and high&#13;
quality with the involvement of the military professionals.&#13;
Finally, It is strongly recommended to have a proper&#13;
mechanism to get the involvement of the military&#13;
professionals to the construction industry of Sri Lanka for its&#13;
sustainability.
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Technologies and the Modern Battlefield: Humanitarian Prespectives</title>
<link>https://ir.kdu.ac.lk/handle/345/2072</link>
<description>New Technologies and the Modern Battlefield: Humanitarian Prespectives
Herath, MBBN
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Militarisation of Outer Space: Threats, Challenges and Way Forward for Sri Lanka</title>
<link>https://ir.kdu.ac.lk/handle/345/2071</link>
<description>Militarisation of Outer Space: Threats, Challenges and Way Forward for Sri Lanka
Ranasinghe, HWW
With the rapid development of the three&#13;
dimensions of modern warfare (land, air and sea), many&#13;
nations have commenced to concern towards space, as&#13;
fourth dimension of future warfare. Outer Space is&#13;
considered globally for deployment of weapons: both&#13;
offensive and defensive. Militarisation of outer space&#13;
would be an opportunity, for developed countries like US,&#13;
China and Russia but would be a huge challenge for many&#13;
under developed countries like Sri Lanka. At present there&#13;
is a debate at United Nations level, whether outer space&#13;
should be weaponised, only allowed to placement of&#13;
defensive weapons, or kept free from all type of weapons.&#13;
Presently, there are approximately sixty countries that are&#13;
active in utilizing space for various purposes. The country&#13;
which controls space has a real time presence and&#13;
persistence over the globe with a definite edge and&#13;
dominance in the battlefield as well. The future battle field&#13;
will be very unimaginable without an effective interface&#13;
from space-based technology. Space based assets can be&#13;
used indirectly and directly, and targeting an adversary’s&#13;
space assets through anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons could&#13;
be a key feature of future warfare. ASAT weapons,&#13;
Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) would be considerable&#13;
trends of space militarisation. Successful military&#13;
operations on ground, air and sea would depend heavily&#13;
on how efficiently space resources are exploited.
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Disruptive Technologies and Instability in South Asia: A Myth or a Reality</title>
<link>https://ir.kdu.ac.lk/handle/345/2070</link>
<description>Disruptive Technologies and Instability in South Asia: A Myth or a Reality
de Silva, KSC
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:date>2019-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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