Posted on 04/25/2007 3:52:37 PM PDT by Momaw Nadon
A graphic from the book 'An Introduction to Planetary Defence' illustrating a possible conflict between humans and aliens. Travis Taylor and Bob Boan have written 'An Introduction to Planetary Defence', a primer on how humanity can defend itself if little green men wielding death rays show up at our cosmic doorstep. (Handout/Reuters)
I like Taylor’s books. They’re usually a good romp with plenty of science.
Homeland Security.[sic]
Sounds like my sister-in-law. She's still dumb as a rock without an ounce of common sense to go with all those book smarts.
Alien one: “Glurp gloop blee bleep tin shhwss chink chink”
Alien two “bloop slsss slnnk”
Translation:
Alien one: “I say we take off and nuke this place from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure”
Alien two: “Yeah, the only way to be sure”
The only way a mujahadeen type resistance may be effective was if the alien goal was conquest and enslavement, and they had to establish boots on the ground control. My mind goes back to the series V in the 80s. Turtledove also wrote a sci fi series postulating an alien invasion during WWII. His aliens possessed weaponry no more advanced than ours today. As did Jerry Pournell in Footfall. But if a people could travel these distances in space they would need to develop some protections against space debris. Things like shields, particle beam and directed energy devices. Heck all they'd have to do is capture small asteroids and use traction devices to thrw them at us. No way we survive that kind of attack.
Exploring the galaxies Americans refuse to explore- that’ll do it!;)
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*shrug* If they really wanted to kill us all they’d have to do is drop rocks on us.
Our only hope is that they’re here for the coffee and chocolate, and that we can grow enough to supply both them and us...
Dems would be cooperating and making deals to remain in some kind of power and feel important and be somebody.
Just like many French did when the NAZIs invaded.
Yes, you beat me to it, but in a more humorous way. I was going to say the aliens would not have restrictive rules of engagement for the sake of being fair and out of concern for “world opinion”.
An insurgency against a civilization capable of star travel will last nanoseconds.
The solution is simple. Find out if they have Democrats on their planet and undermine the invasion through their own government.
Or if we’re really lucky, they like kudzu...
San Francisco would respond the same way they do with the illegals. They are more worried about how to pay for gang members, who get shot, than they are in getting rid of the gangs.
If you have ever played asteroid, or space command, and have the high score, put your initials on the machine, you are marked for immediate anal probing by the aliens.
NEVER, NEVER put your initials on a video game. THEY are watching.
What to do if aliens land in America in attempt to invade?
Claim multiculturalism and trade surplus and welcome them with open arms. Exempt them from taxes and adopt their language.
“Klautu Barada Necktie!”
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