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Predicting the Nature of War in 2034
July 27, 2004
Posted on 07/27/2004 6:39:27 PM PDT by Cannoneer No. 4
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posted on
07/27/2004 6:41:27 PM PDT
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(I've lost turret power; I have my nods and my .50. Hooah. I will stay until relieved. White 2 out.)
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posted on
07/27/2004 6:43:10 PM PDT
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(I've lost turret power; I have my nods and my .50. Hooah. I will stay until relieved. White 2 out.)
To: Cannoneer No. 4
Unless we take out that reactor in Iran, the cruise missile of the future is a muslim with a nuke in his suitcase.
To: Cannoneer No. 4
To: Cannoneer No. 4; hchutch
If the expected breakthrough in batteries (fuel cells) evolves as reliably and cheaply as expected, the 2030s infantryman will be something of a cyborg.Buy Cyberdyne Systems stock today!
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posted on
07/27/2004 6:44:56 PM PDT
by
Poohbah
("Beware the fury of a patient man." -- John Dryden)
To: rageaholic
Unless we take out that reactor in Iran, the cruise missile of the future is a muslim with a nuke in his suitcase. Yes, the army needs to evolve to respond to terrorists as well as near-peer foes enemies.
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posted on
07/27/2004 6:46:55 PM PDT
by
gilliam
To: Cannoneer No. 4
A 'networked army' is very vulnerable to terrorists.
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posted on
07/27/2004 6:47:45 PM PDT
by
gilliam
To: gilliam
I predict that the 1911A1 pistol will be entering its 123rd year of use.
(Yes, I'm a 1911 nut.)
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posted on
07/27/2004 6:50:39 PM PDT
by
IGOTMINE
("By God, I pity those poor bastards we're going up against. By God I do.")
To: Cannoneer No. 4
I also think there will be some type of warfare in space also....
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posted on
07/27/2004 6:51:22 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
To: Gringo1; Matthew James; Fred Mertz; Squantos; colorado tanker; The Shrew; SLB; Darksheare; ...
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posted on
07/27/2004 6:55:14 PM PDT
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(I've lost turret power; I have my nods and my .50. Hooah. I will stay until relieved. White 2 out.)
To: IGOTMINE
(Yes, I'm a 1911 nut.)
Thats not nuttiness, thats just common sense.
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posted on
07/27/2004 6:55:34 PM PDT
by
Arkinsaw
To: Cannoneer No. 4
By 2034? I expect that the fighting machines will look and act a lot more like Terminator 2 than Terminator 1.
To: flashbunny
2 words: Powered armor.
Just as long as your hydraulics don't go out and leave you standing on the battlefield as a statue. :-)
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posted on
07/27/2004 7:02:08 PM PDT
by
Arkinsaw
To: Cannoneer No. 4
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posted on
07/27/2004 7:02:22 PM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(Tell A Veteran you're voting for Kerry (See what happens))
To: Cannoneer No. 4
Re #11
The author did not factor in nanotech, which could produce whole range of smart (robotic) weapons in tiny size, the size of small insects. It will also bring in new powerful chemical sensors, in addition to visual, aural(sonars), thermal(infrared), and radio wave(radars) sensors.
To: All
In such a world, the citizen soldier will simply provide target practice. Warfare could well be conducted by Renaissance-style mercenary units, condotierri like Executive Outcomes.
As a consequence, the political balance of power will veer sharply back towards the state and state power as amateur resistance to Terminators becomes inconcievable. On a practical level, the military power of the developed world vis a vis even the most powerful developing countries (India, Egypt, Indonesia, Argentina, etc) will become as dominant as it was in the day of the dreadnought and the Maxim gun.
To: Cannoneer No. 4
There will be no war in 2034. We will be doing radiactive containment/clean up through much of the mid-east using robotic technology. The EU will be in economic ruins and the Republicans will win back the Whitehouse
To: Poohbah
F/A-37s, check.
I wonder... will they have Star Furies as well? Or maybe we should content ourselves with some older NX-class starships...
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posted on
07/27/2004 7:08:51 PM PDT
by
hchutch
("Go ahead. Leave early and beat the traffic. The Milwaukee Brewers dare you." - MLB.com 5/11/04)
To: Cannoneer No. 4
in 2034 we will face a Europe dominated by muslims. While its economy would be hobbled by euro-socialism, it will still be larger than typical muslim strongholds such as Iran and Iraq.
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posted on
07/27/2004 7:17:02 PM PDT
by
arielb
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