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By the end of this century i thing modern warfare will be more mechanized , in the old times warfare was dirty and personal...you were up in their face when you put that knife or sword into that guy. Now its more like nitendo were you get points for killing the dots on your screen. Not sure if this is any better.
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At what point can we move past warfare though? At this point, we as a species have the intellectual capacity to achieve great things, I don't think squabbling over (at this point callous reasons) merits any more killing. I understand some parties harbor more blood lust than others, but the buck must eventually stop somewhere...
There is still a monster in every man. An ape ready to lash out with all his might and fury when he feels his family or tribe is threatened. The reasoning neocortex sits on top of our primitive, emotional brain. It takes a great deal of discipline to keep the ape inside. War has always played upon the ape in men.
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swarm drones will allow operators to control squads of drones at once.
Combat is still very up close and personal and always will be, the need for boots on the ground will never go away. What I think we will see more of is drones/robotics and semi-autonomous weapon platforms that provide a major force multiplier to each individual soldier.
The US is going to have railgun rifles soon enough, which means they are working on defenses for them as well. Which I suspect will lead to mecha type armored suits or vehicles and pretty much kill the tank as a weapons platform as it exists today.
It's suggested that the US already has orbital kinetic weapons up in space and I don't find that hard to believe since they do have railguns in the field right now.
The ideal of any major conflict between powers is just terrifying today. The force multipliers have gotten so far into the realm of science fiction that I can't even imagine what one would look like.
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By the end of this century i thing modern warfare will be more mechanized , in the old times warfare was dirty and personal...you were up in their face when you put that knife or sword into that guy. Now its more like nitendo were you get points for killing the dots on your screen. Not sure if this is any better.
[–] zukaza 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
At what point can we move past warfare though? At this point, we as a species have the intellectual capacity to achieve great things, I don't think squabbling over (at this point callous reasons) merits any more killing. I understand some parties harbor more blood lust than others, but the buck must eventually stop somewhere...
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There is still a monster in every man. An ape ready to lash out with all his might and fury when he feels his family or tribe is threatened. The reasoning neocortex sits on top of our primitive, emotional brain. It takes a great deal of discipline to keep the ape inside. War has always played upon the ape in men.
[–] KinkRaven ago (edited ago)
swarm drones will allow operators to control squads of drones at once.
Combat is still very up close and personal and always will be, the need for boots on the ground will never go away. What I think we will see more of is drones/robotics and semi-autonomous weapon platforms that provide a major force multiplier to each individual soldier.
The US is going to have railgun rifles soon enough, which means they are working on defenses for them as well. Which I suspect will lead to mecha type armored suits or vehicles and pretty much kill the tank as a weapons platform as it exists today.
It's suggested that the US already has orbital kinetic weapons up in space and I don't find that hard to believe since they do have railguns in the field right now.
The ideal of any major conflict between powers is just terrifying today. The force multipliers have gotten so far into the realm of science fiction that I can't even imagine what one would look like.