U.S. Army soldiers take part in a joint military drill of South Korea and the United States in Paju, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon
* Gen. Mark Milley painted a terrifying picture of what future battlefields will look like in a new podcast interview.
* The top US general that technology is rapidly changing the ways that wars are fought.
* Soldiers will have to be almost invisible to survive on battlefields that are far more lethal, he warned.
The top US general has offered a terrifying and bleak picture of future battlefields, predicting that soldiers will have to be constantly mobile, dispersed, and almost completely hidden from the enemy in order to survive.
Technology is proving to be the driving force behind what is currently the "most fundamental" change — across all of recorded history — in the ways that wars are fought, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley told Foreign Affairs in a podcast that aired on Tuesday.
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WNU Editor: The Russia - Ukraine war has been a wake-up call on what future battlefields will be like. Technology has made it possible to know where your enemy is, and what they are doing. You cannot hide anymore, and if the algorithm sees you as a significant threat even if you are far away from the battlefield, expect a missile (or more) quickly coming your way.
Why is he talking so much?
ReplyDeleteI think, "if they can't see you they can't hurt you" has to be high on the list of a warfighters prioritize. However, I wonder if we are moving backwards to an era of living underground. fighting and living in caves so to speak. I have read several stories about how the Ukrainians have elaborate underground bunker systems they are operating part of the war theater from. when we had complete air superiority in the Pacific, WW2, the Japanese turned islands like Iwo Jima into subterranean living. The Palestinians have elaborate subterranean systems. You have to find some way to adapt and survive.
ReplyDeleteShoot and scoot has been the survival mode for troops since WWII. What's the counter now? Same as before feints, camouflage, deception at all levels including computers, speed of attack.
ReplyDeleteHow do you break a computer? With sticks and stones.
ReplyDeleteMil sci-fi has been "predicting" this for many decades as well
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ReplyDeleteYeah I've seen a glimpse of these bunkers on a video yesterday, they have the HIMARS hidden in one of those systems.