Thread: Predictions of future warfare

Originally Posted by Matt Foley

This isn't a sub-forum for Ron Paul predictions.

That had noting to do with Ron Paul you nitwit and everything to do with the rising China super power coupled with an ever shrinking supply of natural resources.

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Maybe it would be good instead of predicting mayhem and violence people would do better to predict peace. It seems a tad more positive outlook. Place a flower down the barrel of a gun.

Originally Posted by Matt Foley

In future warfare this would force aircraft to have seriously heavy EMP shielding, slowing their speed, maneuverability, and bomb loads. I bet that would force aircraft into a WW1 status of being slow and cumbersome vehicles with not much armament.

Also this EMP weapon could be aimed lower to hit vehicles, again forcing vehicles to have heavy EMP shielding...

OMG, really?

I hate to tell you this, but most of our military equipment is already strongly shielded against EMP. And it has been so for decades.

You realize don't you, that most of our equipment was designed to fight the Soviets, are you not? And hardened and protected to operate in the aftermath of WWIII, a potentially nuclear war in Europe?

And what is one of the things you have to protect against in a nuclear war? Why, EMP, naturally.

And we have been doing research into this for decades. THISTLE, SUMMA, and lots of work into NNEMP (Non-Nuclear EMP). And as a weapon, this is all pretty much worthless.

And EMP is one of the easiest things to build defenses against. Are you aware that pretty much all technology prior to 1950 is EMP safe? That is why many parts of the military used vacuume tubes for decades. And why most modern military equipment essentially integrate Faraday Cages into the design of their electronics placements.

This is a nice Fantasyland piece, but the military thought of this decades ago and dismissed it.

Nuclear War

Originally Posted by TheDemSocialist

Nuclear War

Which didn't happen for the past half-century, and won't happen, despite your dreams

Originally Posted by katiegrrl0

Maybe it would be good instead of predicting mayhem and violence people would do better to predict peace. It seems a tad more positive outlook. Place a flower down the barrel of a gun.

Then the person holding the gun will shoot it. destroying the flower

Seems MF pretty much abandoned this thread, after beerftw's and Oozlefinch's posts

In future warfare this would force aircraft to have seriously heavy EMP shielding, slowing their speed, maneuverability, and bomb loads. I bet that would force aircraft into a WW1 status of being slow and cumbersome vehicles with not much armament.

ya ya that's right!!! nice job man!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Oozlefinch

OMG, really?

I hate to tell you this, but most of our military equipment is already strongly shielded against EMP. And it has been so for decades.

You realize don't you, that most of our equipment was designed to fight the Soviets, are you not? And hardened and protected to operate in the aftermath of WWIII, a potentially nuclear war in Europe?

And what is one of the things you have to protect against in a nuclear war? Why, EMP, naturally.

And we have been doing research into this for decades. THISTLE, SUMMA, and lots of work into NNEMP (Non-Nuclear EMP). And as a weapon, this is all pretty much worthless.

And EMP is one of the easiest things to build defenses against. Are you aware that pretty much all technology prior to 1950 is EMP safe? That is why many parts of the military used vacuume tubes for decades. And why most modern military equipment essentially integrate Faraday Cages into the design of their electronics placements.

This is a nice Fantasyland piece, but the military thought of this decades ago and dismissed it.

Actually no. There might be bunkers that protect against EMP nukes, which are of limited quantity being strategic weapons themselves, but against EMP directed energy weapons nothing is protected against the EMP.

Originally Posted by xpiher

That had noting to do with Ron Paul you nitwit and everything to do with the rising China super power coupled with an ever shrinking supply of natural resources.

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Sounded like Ronulan jibberish to me.