http://defensetech.org/2006/01/11/vintage-looks-at-future-wars/ The Future of the Military, Law Enforcement and National Security Thu, 24 May 2012 15:31:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://defensetech.org/2006/01/11/vintage-looks-at-future-wars/#comment-120656 John A. Sidles Wed, 11 Jan 2006 23:45:55 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3026#comment-120656 H. G. Wells 1905 "The War in the Air" is a classic dystopian novel that anticipates many themes from Jared Diamond's modern "Collapse". Basically, a technological world that is rich but fragile,goes to war and implodes, Collapse-style. There is also an air attack (by the Germans) on New York City that is very similar to the 9/11 attack. H. G. Wells 1905 “The War in the Air” is a classic dystopian novel that anticipates many themes from Jared Diamond’s modern “Collapse”.
Basically, a technological world that is rich but fragile,goes to war and implodes, Collapse-style.
There is also an air attack (by the Germans) on New York City that is very similar to the 9/11 attack.

]]> http://defensetech.org/2006/01/11/vintage-looks-at-future-wars/#comment-44243 Annonymous Wed, 11 Jan 2006 13:59:35 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3026#comment-44243 Perhaps Hitler had been reading a few too many of these magazines. Witness the proposed P-1000 Ratte Super Heavy Tank: http://www.achtungpanzer.com/p1000.htm http://www.panzerschreck.de/panzer/pzkpfw/p1000.html http://i.somethingawful.com/booklist/wallpapers/ratte_800.jpg Perhaps Hitler had been reading a few too many of these magazines. Witness the proposed P-1000 Ratte Super Heavy Tank:
http://www.achtungpanzer.com/p1000.htm
http://www.panzerschreck.de/panzer/pzkpfw/p1000.html
http://i.somethingawful.com/booklist/wallpapers/ratte_800.jpg

]]> http://defensetech.org/2006/01/11/vintage-looks-at-future-wars/#comment-120655 pedestrian Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:01:44 +0000 http://deftech.usmilblog.com/?p=3026#comment-120655 I remember in the past watching GI Joe cartoon (?) with a large battle ship on ground (or was it a ground air carrier?). It may sound like science fiction or cartoon, but I imagine it may still have use. Ground ships are likely to be large, and could be slow, but considering to set up a ground base made of tents that could consume time risking itself in a hostile area of terrorists, there is no need to set up a base since every thing is ready in the ground battle ship (You've got your bed room shielded with thick metal within the ground battle ship, and not thin fabrics of a tent, and you have your bedroom ready the first day you are at your destination, while it takes time to set up building a base with tents). Air ship could be an alternative, but its armor may be at risk. However, ground battle ships are limited in area it may operate. Meanwhile, many powerlines would be in the way. The ground battle ship should be compact in size to be able to drive through many areas as possible, and is expected in use of rurla areas, landing from sea/ocean, with more use in low intensity conflict than traditional war. The ground battle ship should have self defense systems against enemy (in low intensity conflict) rockets and missiles due to its size that may alert the enemy. It might be better to define it as a mobile base with bonus of active defense features (CISW that could destroy an incoming RPG-7 rocket and strike a suicide bomber VBIED), just to illiminate the consumption of time of setting up and removing ground bases made up of tents. I had thought about it with some other ideas to integrate but I will shut my mouth for that. I hope Pentagon would consider to have ground battle ship at the size of destroyer or smaller (I rather define it as ground assault ship) that would land from sea/ocean and just drive on ground from the beach, so that you won't have to unload the trucks and consume time. The major problem is powerline, and you need to find routes to detour all this, and that limits use with limited access on ground. For a more inland region, then we would have to get the orthodox ground base. I remember in the past watching GI Joe cartoon (?) with a large battle ship on ground (or was it a ground air carrier?). It may sound like science fiction or cartoon, but I imagine it may still have use. Ground ships are likely to be large, and could be slow, but considering to set up a ground base made of tents that could consume time risking itself in a hostile area of terrorists, there is no need to set up a base since every thing is ready in the ground battle ship (You’ve got your bed room shielded with thick metal within the ground battle ship, and not thin fabrics of a tent, and you have your bedroom ready the first day you are at your destination, while it takes time to set up building a base with tents). Air ship could be an alternative, but its armor may be at risk. However, ground battle ships are limited in area it may operate. Meanwhile, many powerlines would be in the way. The ground battle ship should be compact in size to be able to drive through many areas as possible, and is expected in use of rurla areas, landing from sea/ocean, with more use in low intensity conflict than traditional war. The ground battle ship should have self defense systems against enemy (in low intensity conflict) rockets and missiles due to its size that may alert the enemy. It might be better to define it as a mobile base with bonus of active defense features (CISW that could destroy an incoming RPG-7 rocket and strike a suicide bomber VBIED), just to illiminate the consumption of time of setting up and removing ground bases made up of tents. I had thought about it with some other ideas to integrate but I will shut my mouth for that. I hope Pentagon would consider to have ground battle ship at the size of destroyer or smaller (I rather define it as ground assault ship) that would land from sea/ocean and just drive on ground from the beach, so that you won’t have to unload the trucks and consume time. The major problem is powerline, and you need to find routes to detour all this, and that limits use with limited access on ground. For a more inland region, then we would have to get the orthodox ground base.

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