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2018-10-24 Science & Technology

UK Warship Captain Paints 'Deeply Frightening' Future of Warfare Amid NYC Visit

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Posted by Anomalous Sources 2018-10-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Captain Kyd

I'll bet he got really tired of every day being "talk like a pirate" day.

Posted by PBMcL 2018-10-24 00:34|| 2018-10-24 00:34|| Front Page Top

#2 "I think we will see all sorts of vile methods. Viral warfare, and also attacks fundamentally against civilian populations through... et cetera etc.
When the Mongols or Huns would just ride through countries burning all the fields and killing the peasants ... that was okay one supposes because humans did it. Idjit.

Posted by magpie 2018-10-24 00:43|| 2018-10-24 00:43|| Front Page Top

#3 attacks fundamentally against civilian populations

Why should only soldiers be subject to the horrors of war?

Posted by Skidmark 2018-10-24 02:43|| 2018-10-24 02:43|| Front Page Top

#4 He should change his name to Captain Obvious.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2018-10-24 09:02|| 2018-10-24 09:02|| Front Page Top

#5 Ah, yes, quantum computing. Of course.

Posted by KBK 2018-10-24 11:34|| 2018-10-24 11:34|| Front Page Top

#6 He missed his big day, Sept. 19, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Talk_Like_a_Pirate_Day, for a bigger impact.

Posted by Spike Ghibelline9016 2018-10-24 15:30|| 2018-10-24 15:30|| Front Page Top

#7 His jeremiad against technological warfare reminds me (somehow) of an old gaming spoof article published in 2007 by Cracked: The Ultimate War Simulation Game.
Wanting a neat and clean *cough* "humane warfare" .... Ain't going to happen.

Posted by magpie 2018-10-24 17:06|| 2018-10-24 17:06|| Front Page Top

#8 The home front. What terrible scenes!
Atrocities. Hot dogs and beans.
"So, does it annoy ya,"
Asks mean Señor Goya,
"When horror escapes from your screens?"

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2018-10-24 17:39|| 2018-10-24 17:39|| Front Page Top

#9 Also, why is "Talk Like a Patriot Day" not a thing?

Posted by Spamble McGurque3048 2018-10-24 17:41|| 2018-10-24 17:41|| Front Page Top

#10 an old gaming spoof article published in 2007 by Cracked: The Ultimate War Simulation Game:

13. I want factions. Not a simple aliens vs. humans or Russians vs. Americans war orgy. I want to share the map with powerful forces who are not friend or foe or anything else, a news media, private corporations, asshole allies and friendly enemies, everyone jockeying for their own interests and me unable to bend over at any moment without turning my codpiece around first. I want a ~~France~~ Syria.

Like that guy said, History repeats itself, first as Internet satire, second as the evening news.

Posted by SteveS 2018-10-24 17:54|| 2018-10-24 17:54|| Front Page Top

#11 Also,why is "Talk Like a Patriot Day" not a thing?

Because Democrats can't participate. Lisp, and stutter

Posted by Frank G 2018-10-24 20:42|| 2018-10-24 20:42|| Front Page Top

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