| 2004-07-27 18:00:41
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| 18:00:41 | Lucifer | Our topic tonight is The Future of War |
| 18:00:43 | rhino | warfare!!! |
| 18:01:16 | Lucifer | what predictions can you make about how warfare will change in 10 years, 25 years and beyond? |
| 18:01:24 | rhino | indirectly related, hkh replied to the memetics list on psychohistory |
| 18:01:59 | Lucifer | will there be more or less war in the 21st centure than the 20th? |
| 18:02:07 | rhino | hmm, a technical prediction should go first i guess |
| 18:02:13 | Lucifer | by most accounts the 20th was pretty bad |
| 18:02:35 | rhino | true |
| 18:02:36 | Lucifer | sure, start with a technical prediction |
| 18:03:09 | Lucifer | the buzzword since the date that shall not be named is "asymmetric warfare" |
| 18:03:27 | Lucifer | does this represent a fundamental change? |
| 18:04:21 | Lucifer | another buzzword I've seen quite a bit lately is "non-lethal weapons" |
| 18:04:31 | Lucifer | that sounds like a change for the better |
| 18:04:47 | Lucifer | assuming weapons are necessary |
| 18:04:59 | rhino | buzzwords need some pondering |
| 18:05:18 | rhino | what is asymmetric warfare? |
| 18:05:33 | Lucifer | terrorist vs nation states |
| 18:06:13 | rhino | ah, i doubt this is new. maybe forgotten for a while |
| 18:06:23 | Lucifer | the US (for example) is only set up to go to war against other countries, so that's what it did |
| 18:07:09 | Lucifer | so what is your technical prediction? |
| 18:07:39 | Lucifer | the technology of war seems to be advancing at a rapid pace |
| 18:07:47 | rhino | i am no weapons expert, but i hear about hight tech weapons being more accessible to individuals |
| 18:07:50 | rhino | and small groups |
| 18:08:01 | rhino | not confirmed so far |
| 18:08:17 | rhino | and what are non-lethal weapons? |
| 18:08:30 | Lucifer | google: non-lethal weapons |
| 18:08:30 | googlebot | googling for non-lethal weapons |
| 18:08:31 | googlebot | http://www.bradford.ac.uk/acad/nlw/ |
| 18:09:02 | rhino | i have also heard completely opposed talk, about things like "the neutron bomb" |
| 18:09:17 | Lucifer | recently? |
