The Evolution of Warfare
Foreword: I am far from being an expert in battle science, as I suspect many of my readers would be, so consider this an exploratory foray into the landscape of battle - from quests with swords to calculated insurgencies to futuristic technologies that look almost magical. This post is a curation from various sources to help me begin to make sense of the chaos in our (mostly) digital world and why we feel so untethered. Warfare used to be brutally simple ... combatants with weapons would meet at a time and place designated by one or both parties and fight it out until one side was subjugated to the winner's satisfaction. World War IV will NOT be fought with sticks and stones because WWIII is being fought under new rules of such stealth and infiltration that many countries and their citizens don't even realise they are under attack. Military needs often drive the evolution of technology. The arrival of, and access to the internet may not be as god-sent as it migh...