Predicting the Nature of War in 2034

July 27, 2004

[Cannoneer No. 4]

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[Poohbah]

A 'networked army' is very vulnerable to terrorists.

Interesting claim, considering that the US Army has been networked for some time now.

[rageaholic]

Yes, armored infantrymen like Knights of the Crusades and the Enemy is still the same.

Eventually the infantryman will be removed from his armor, the tanker will be removed from his tank, the pilot will be removed from the cockpit and the fighting will be done by human assisted remote controlled computerized robots.

One human life is not worth 100,000 muslim lives.

[rageaholic]

U cannot defeat terror,if u try to separate the wheat from the chaff &as in the case of lunatic Islam -they are one&the same.

Agreed. Terrorism and Islam are inseperable. Mohammad, after all, was the original terrorist.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

One human life is not worth 100,000 muslim lives.

Muslims aren't human?

Herrenvolk bullshit.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

[DreadCthulhu]

That picture just goes to show how inhuman our enemies are, forcing a cutie like that to wear all those baggy concealing cloths. ;)

[OKSooner]

Well said.

[gilliam]

A networked army is susceptible to the same vulnerabilities a corporate network is: hackers, magnetic fields, bugs, etc. One terrorist hacker sitting somewhere can cause a lot of kaos to the system. The more you depend on that system for daily opperations, the more kaos the hacker can cause. Something we all need to be aware of.

[Little Ray]

Do you think that modern weapon systems would be in reach of private outfits? Remember the US Arm was looking at a personal weapons that cost $10K a pop... Imagine EO trying to afford a super tank, or the previously mentioned powered armor.

[steve-b]

a herd of horses look like a herd of deer to infra-red sensors

So? In a battle, they'd both get shot down easily enough.

[cavtrooper21]

You forgot the mud, dirt, flies, filth and general nastiness that goes along with combat. And the rain....


Oh... can you promise field rations will taste that good?

[Valin]

So what does this portend for 2034? Faster and deadlier, for sure. Information war will be more than a buzzword by then

And (if I may) Counter Information war. Fooling/shutting down enemy sensors will be well in place.

[Valin]

One human life is not worth 100,000 muslim lives.

You DO realize of course that there is no cash prize for making the stupid statement of the day.

[Sam the Sham]

It could if you owned your very own diamond mine or oil rig.

[blackbag]

One human life is not worth 100,000 muslim lives.

Your way off base and soo wrong....

[Valin]

Terrorism and Islam are inseperable

Really?

[Centurion2000]

A networked army is susceptible to the same vulnerabilities a corporate network is: hackers, magnetic fields, bugs, etc. One terrorist hacker sitting somewhere can cause a lot of kaos to the system. The more you depend on that system for daily opperations, the more kaos the hacker can cause. Something we all need to be aware of.

Name one instance where this has happened please.

[Hoplite]

Al Qaeda scientist Hugh Series is, as we speak, probably trying to replicate tiajunna beeber technology in order to stune our armed forces' network.

And that's all I have to say about that.

[gilliam]

In 1996 hackers cracked sites and systems at the DOD, Justice Department, the CIA, and NASA.

In 1998 The head of a new US cyber law-enforcement agency says a half dozen substantial attacks have been launched against government computer systems since February.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,12915,00.html

see:
Hackers tell Senate of federal systems weaknesses
http://www.gcn.com/archives/gcn/1998/june15/hackers_tell_senate_of_federal_s.htm

Cyberterror, Embedded Systems, and the Second Shoe
http://www.embedded.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=9900707

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/washtech/daily/may98/cyberattack052498.htm

http://courses.cs.vt.edu/~cs3604/lib/Hacking/Reformed.html

http://bigblog.com/search.cgi?id=176240486