A 2009 book predicted the next 100 years. So far so good.

[Leshma]

It's hilarious. If I had to choose two nations that literally have nothing in common, those would be Japs and Turks.

[NejStark]

Also WWIII only 50,000 casualties. We'd all take that, I think.

[Torben]

Also WWIII only 50,000 casualties. We'd all take that, I think.

thats because itll be robowars

[Oberyn]

A generation or two and every national airforce that isn't completely retarded will consist of mostly or entirely drones. Just need to wait for all the Top Gun generals obsessed with their "knight of the sky" narcissism to die out.
Personally I find the public perception of drones as a particularly "cowardly" or "unfair" weapon to be fucking stupid. Might as well be pre WW1 whining about evil machine guns, eliminating the "honor" and "glory" of warfare.

[NejStark]

Then imagine the author being chairman of a global intelligence company whose customers 'includes Fortune 500 companies and international government agencies'.

http://www.stratfor.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratfor

Wow, what could possibly go wrong.

[Christo]

.."honor" and "glory" of warfare.

haha

[pepejul]

Arbalest was so honorfull weapon !

[Oberyn]

haha

Haha yeah, it's why I put them in quotes. As if drones are any more "dishonorable" than a cruise missile with a range of a couple hundred klicks, or any of the other "dishonorable" modern weapons in any nation's assernal. It's only more effective and pragmatic in almost every way to a manned flight. Granted, I have no idea if it's possible to "hijack" a drone or will be in the future, in that case manned flight does have one important advantage.

[Harpag]

what a bullshit... and this November 24, 2050, at 5:00 p.m just killed me lol, but in the Polish press I found information saying about 2.5 billion spent each year in Poland for development of indigenous technology to produce drones. They talked about flying, floating, submerged, and also which stepping and rolling robots, reconnaissance drones and combat drones like from SF movies ... this world is mad, all this money should be spent for environmental protection and poor kids in Africa,
but of course the "national security" is the most important - as in all other countries

[Butan]

this world is mad, all this money should be spent for environmental protection and poor kids in Africa,
but of course the "national security" is the most important - as in all other countries

Harpag has a heart ?     



Survival comes before comfort and other luxuries, and sending aid/helping mother nature is not "necessary".
If you let nations get too far in the arms race you will lose your sovereignty and all chance of defending yourself.
If ISIS (just an example) had somehow gotten a 10 year advance in drone technologies and had the funds to build a bunch of them, they would wreck our shit whether we are the good guys or not.

The very few nations who invest very little in their armies or not at all have 0 weight in world diplomacy and have to seek military alliances for their own safety...

[DaveUKR]

RIP Putin

Best leader 2000's

Tovi's gonna buy this book, you need to place spoilers for him. Also his reaction when reading about Russia collapsing in 2020's
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[Voncrow]

"The primary weapons of the war will be long-range hypersonic aircraft and infantrymen with highly sophisticated, powered body-armor."
Yes, I am ready for Power Armour! Send in the Space Marines.

[chadz]

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[Sparvico]

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Gib for armor in crpg meow plox.

[chadz]

If I remember correctly, Hari Seldon is a fictional character in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series. In his capacity as mathematics professor at Streeling University on Trantor, Seldon develops psychohistory, allowing him to predict the future in probabilistic terms. His prediction of the eventual fall of the Galactic Empire is the reason behind his nickname "Raven" Seldon.