From: spike66 (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Fri Apr 18 2003 - 20:09:22 MDT
Adrian Tymes wrote:
>>spike: Perhaps
>>humanity is seeing the end coming for traditional
>>battlefield tactics, which has been with us for
>>as long as there have been humans. spike
>
> That may be true, and certainly there are those in the
> Pentagon who openly say as much. But they cite the
> improved communications technology more than the
> upgraded weaponry. Imagine, for instance, what
> augmented reality could give to a battlesuited soldier
> (and they are working on battlesuits, too)...
> *That* is a true revolution, to them.
Ja. I am encouraged by the outcome of the latest
conflict. Enough of the Iraqis realized that fighting
with 30 years tech delta was hopeless and stupid, and
so the war really didn't amount to much. Compare
with WW1, with miles of guys in trenches attacking
simultaneously, with horrifying results, or the
massive bombings of WW2. Can we not extrapolate and
realize that all traditional warfare is hopeless and
stupid? Should not all political conflict take the
form of economic struggle, much like the way one large
corporation makes war on its competitors? Humanity
is truly on the eve of construction.
spike
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