The future of war
New technology is transforming the way wars are fought, and not just in Ukraine. As tension increases between China and America over Taiwan, what does the future of war look like?
00:00 Lessons from the Ukraine war
01:03 How drones are shaping war
04:40 Starlink is a lifeline for soldiers
06:15 Why China fears Starlink
07:25 The role of AI in wars of the future
10:15 Defence spending on AI
10:50 Concerns about algorithmic warfare
12:55 Will China weaponise cyberwarfare?
14:40 The tragedy of war
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How AI-wielding tech firms are giving a new shape to modern warfare: econ.st/43Yref4
Read about drone fights above Ukraine: econ.st/3pmqaTs
Why Ukraine is betting on drones to strike deep into Russia: econ.st/3PxkD7g
What Russia’s army is learning on the battlefield: econ.st/3Xshwzf
What will Western armies learn from the war in Ukraine? econ.st/44n4hCp
Read about whether the West can build up its armed forces on the cheap: econ.st/46ftCjc
Why the war in Ukraine is boosting Israel’s arms exports: econ.st/3r1etlt
Why Ukraine’s top guns need new jets to win the war: econ.st/46pveH4
Find out where the deadliest war in world took place last year here: econ.st/3JyUGjL
Why America’s next war may begin in Guam: econ.st/3CKM06b
Find out why China fears Starlink here: econ.st/3NO81aA
How Elon Musk’s satellites have saved Ukraine and changed warfare: econ.st/42UnWIt
Read about the degrading treatment of Ukraine’s internet here: econ.st/42ZLf3P
Why Russian hackers are preparing for a new campaign in Ukraine: econ.st/43Wz34V
Why Ukraine’s tech entrepreneurs turn to military matters: econ.st/3Pw4TBj
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I worked for a hobby store that sold Horizon Hobby merchandise from 2012 to 2017 and it was crazy how much drone tech advanced in that time. It went from practically nothing to almost what we see today in that time frame. The tech in these things nowadays is astonishing.
@beyondfossil
11 ай бұрын
Yes true. At the same time, seeing military personnel bungee launching or hand launching a foam fixed wing plane (for recon or attack) is something you'd see at most RC fields! Minus the munitions of course but some RC'ers have been known to rig up a servo mechanism to drop water balloons back in the day too. 😁
@BGeezy4sheezy
11 ай бұрын
Yeah War is getting smaller and smaller. The 20th century saw giant military hardware dominate the battlefield-tanks, carriers, bombers. The 21st will likely rely more heavily on small drones and other similar devices in large numbers
@alexcarter8807
11 ай бұрын
@@beyondfossil I first "discovered" modern drones when some neighbor used a DJI to drop firecrackers in my boss's back yard when I was staying over. I heard a bang, looked outside, and called to my boss, "Hey! Check it out! A drone!" and we watched the thing and apparently the operator saw we'd seen it and it sidled off. Pretty funny really. That would be what, 2014?
@Zei33
11 ай бұрын
AI is what really shocked me. I’ve been programming for 12 years and the progress made in the last 2 years has been insane.
@nonegone7170
11 ай бұрын
I remember the switch from 'drones' meaning FPV planes, hand built by hobbyists, to the mass produced quadcopters. Those early drones were so much more fun to tinker around with.
I'm so sorry for this young generation to became soldiers and use their skills , intelligence for fighting enemies. I wish this is only temporary- I wish them all the best, with all the respect! Salute 🇺🇦
@loonowolf2160
11 ай бұрын
Mate has long ruzzia doesn't move out of the ussr era, and communist doesn't disappear from this world from china and nk it will never end, those 3 country are the worst and don't care to simple stop and just dissolve and undo their nukes too. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦.
@bluedragontoybash2463
11 ай бұрын
The US don't want peace negotiation. They all are going to die / crippled by war
@Epiderm91
11 ай бұрын
Why sorry? They should be proud.
@nonamenoname1942
11 ай бұрын
@content_enjoyer4458 then resist the ruling class who make you a cannon fodder. It's the same story as ww1, war never changes.
@GuinessOriginal
10 ай бұрын
No, it will be prolonged and keep escalating, the USA is willing to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian, and the far right fanatics that are really in charge of the war are too.
This was a great overview of future wartech and their ramifications, and I especially appreciated the inclusion of the very human parts at the end - like that Ukranian soldier and his partner.
@isntimportant
10 ай бұрын
I have seen so many Ukrainians film their own war crimes with drones. They fly in, drop a grenade, fly back, reload it, over and over for many hours to days attacking the same now unarmed now critically wounded men who are absolutely no longer legal targets under the rule of war. Then they'll continue to bomb their corpses for hours too. It's insane that these Ukrainian drone pilots are not being charged for war crimes. The Hague has attempted to locate 0 of them. I know Russians pretty much INVENTED war crimes, look at Katyn. But Ukrainians are FILMING theirs, should make catching the criminals easy yet nothing comes of it.
We need Radio Shack to make a comeback.
@ItzWinterDoll
11 ай бұрын
Fax 📠
@BGeezy4sheezy
11 ай бұрын
Circuit City too
@alexcarter8807
11 ай бұрын
Also Heathkit!
@redbaboonass4416
11 ай бұрын
Fry's Electronics!
Watching this made me realize 3 things 1. Wars will absolutely be prolonged doing this, tech is easier and cheaper to replace than military aged young men. 2. Ground tactics of advancing and securing an area will probably take longer, since you don't need troops in the area to clear said area 3. I could see armed conflicts ramping up over the next few decades due to the advancement of tech being able to do the job of soilders on the ground making it easier for countries to garner local support since less actual humans have to die to accomplish the same goal
@davidwells2515
10 ай бұрын
There’s no actual result in war without people getting killed. Don’t be fooled. It’s not gonna be just robots attacking robots. It’s gonna be robots killing robots and people. The tech is available now, and in Ukraine they still have to fight like in ww1 in trenches with massive casualties. A persons life is cheaper than a lot of these weapon systems and easier to replace
@GuinessOriginal
10 ай бұрын
Humans will always die. Any superior power will massacre the other side, it has always happened and it always will. The USA killed 500 000 children in Iraq through sanctions before the invasion became Iraq supposedly had WMDs that didn’t exist, and Madeline Albright claimed it was worth it. And that was before the invasion
@lonerider5933
10 ай бұрын
Would be horrible. I guess China vs US war will be hiding in basements from drone debris all the time. And for their price if two or 3 big drones can take out a naval carrier then it's over
@ellyrion8173
10 ай бұрын
You will absolutely still need troops to clear an area
@JakeMazurski
8 ай бұрын
For #1, in Russia, historically, it has always been the absolute opposite. We even have a horrible horrific saying : Women will give birth to more
Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die. And it is youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow, and the triumphs that are the aftermath of war. Herbert Hoover
@itheuserfirst3186
11 ай бұрын
And those older men were younger men who went to war as well. Of course younger men go to war.
@aenorist2431
11 ай бұрын
Also straight up not true. Plenty of 50 year olds in the Ukrainian army, because they had so many volunteers and took everyone fit enough and committed.
I just wish the future of war would be... non existent. As in, no wars.
@kigoshen
11 ай бұрын
Not gonna happen
@jaimemint405
11 ай бұрын
you got it, but i think outlets like this are made to make war and weaponry to look as it it kind of our behaviour and the status quo, to stuck in this kind of mankind.
@johnbeans2000
11 ай бұрын
Yes there will never be another death on this planet from wars 100%. Except no.
@rexomi17
11 ай бұрын
I honestly think war is beneficial and let's be honest The world being filled with LGBQT, brain dead clout and etc. So I want Cold War 2.0
@abdiganiaden
11 ай бұрын
That’s like saying I hope no one disagrees forever. Fruitless effort.
I couldn't help noticing the fact that everyone sound super ok with war itself. Nobody really tries to avoid it, only optimize it. I hope I'm wrong.
Thank you for spending the time to create and share this content awareness/perspective
@creounity
11 ай бұрын
But how many times have they shown you another side? 1) interviews of the UNR's German occupation leaders who confessed in 1919 that it was them who chipped away and "created" the Ukraine. 2) declassified documents showing that the United States' CIA had been spending (from 1950s till these days) dozens of billions of American taxpayers' money to send arms, propaganda materials and other resources to the successors and followers of the OUN-UPA Ukrainian terrorists who slaughtered 1+ million innocent Russian, Polish and Jewish women, children and old men -- specifically due to the utter, radical national hatred. 3) CIA confirmed in August 1957 almost all citizens of the UkrSSR don't differentiate themselves from ethnic Russians. 4) Nationalistic Battalions and other Bandera glorificators stated killing Russians and Russian-speaking citizens in then-Ukraine even prior to 2014, and from 2014 onward they started using literally the same methods of torture that Fascists (and OUN-UPA members) were using during the WW2. 5) the US paid for the coup of 2013-2014. 6) Armed forces of the Ukraine have been shelling residential houses and civilian infrastructure in Donbass since 2014. 7) Merkel, Poroshenko, Hollande, Johnson and Zelensky -- all confessed that Minsk agreements were just a hoax, they didn't plan to start implement them, but instead they've been spending the money to deliver lethal weapons onto the territory of the Ukraine. 8) USAID, UNICEF, OSCE, UN and other organizations had been investing enormous amount of money during last decades into the anti-russian (i.e. russophobic) propaganda in ex-Eastern Ukraine, especially among young children. 9) Numerous American think-tanks (the Atlantic, Hudson Institute and many others) have been working on the plans to destroy Russia into multiple parts in war with each other, using multiple methods. and so on and so forth... Did the Economist or any Western-based media show you this reverse side of the medal?
Thanks Sashank! Excellent as always.. Imagine we could of had drones for ww1 and ww2.
sounds like we have entered the era of the "Droid wars"
No worse time to be an infantryman.
@PrograError
11 ай бұрын
or a dude in a tank with a built in jack in the box
1:52 Serious Sam logo, who played may know why, nice sense of humor
A war between China and Taiwan would be much more different and we may see swarms of drone being used as both of them has huge capabilities of drone production
@user-hc5cg3jc3i
11 ай бұрын
Shouldn't you be reading history? When did Taiwan become independent and change the constitution, flag and song of the Republic of China? Your country recognizes diplomatic relations with him? Recognized by the UN Charter and international organizations such as the World Trade Organization? The Borstein Proclamation, please, and what's in the Cairo Declaration? Taiwan is a sacred and inalienable part of China.
@user-hc5cg3jc3i
11 ай бұрын
When was Taiwan a country? Is there a single country in the world? World recognition and diplomatic relations with him?
@cfi8192
11 ай бұрын
@@user-hc5cg3jc3iTaiwan does been recognize and have diplomatic relationship from 12 countries actually
@tnminhkhoi1398
11 ай бұрын
@@user-hc5cg3jc3i did i mention Taiwan its own a coumtry?
@user-hc5cg3jc3i
11 ай бұрын
@@cfi8192 And then what? Which few small countries in the world have no presence in the world can represent the international? Represent the world? Do you want to see the major countries who recognize Taiwan as a country and establish diplomatic relations with Taiwan? And when will Taiwan become an independent state? Why don't you look at international treaties and consensus such as the Borstein Proclamation and the Cairo Declaration?
Great journalism of economist. Great reports. I have read every articles of the economist form 2016 to now.
Engagement tactics: 1) fast war, shallow but smart and highly destructive arsenal. 2) Conflict extension, low cost high quantity arsenal to maintain pressure. 3) Mutually assured destruction, nuclear arsenal for the worst case scenario.
These guys profit, you die, and the old guys that started the war get to grow old and be remembered forever
Satellite communication helps here but maybe not in the future. It’s extremely vulnerable and at least China, Russia, France and the US have anti-satellite weapons.
@Ruzzky_Bly4t
11 ай бұрын
It's much easier to scale up the number of satellites than the number of "satellite-destroying" missiles. You only need one rocket to send a bunch of satellites into space, but you need one missile per satellite to shoot them down. Also, as satellites get smaller, they will be even harder to detect and shoot down.
@raphaelparadis9134
11 ай бұрын
@@Ruzzky_Bly4t The thing is if they destroy a bunch of satellites that will do a lot of debris that will stay in orbit possibly causing a chain reaction destroying even more satellites.
@Ruzzky_Bly4t
11 ай бұрын
@@raphaelparadis9134 That's true. Space debris is already becoming a problem and might be a huge obstacle for satellites and rocket launches in the future.
@franzplagens3277
10 ай бұрын
@@raphaelparadis9134 Yes, and making near-Earth space unusable for a long time.
@GuinessOriginal
10 ай бұрын
@@Ruzzky_Bly4tyou only need one missile to shoot down that rocket, and they are very big, slow and expensive targets. Say Russia shoots 6 down, how long before the USA can make and launch another?
I think denial of tech communications is going to be a huge part in future conflicts. Basically cyber warfare over communication superiority.
@christopherlee7334
11 ай бұрын
EMP guns?
@GuinessOriginal
10 ай бұрын
Russia has advanced their capabilities in this area considerably, this is why you don’t see or hear anywhere near the level of successful Ukrainian drone attacks you used to
You guys and gals are the best thank you
All the best in the long future! I might subscribe!
This video is amazing. Such a great perspective, coverage of this topic. I think Taiwan NEEDS to invest in advanced modern nuclear energy options so they can be completely independently energy efficient and not reliant on anything or anyone in the case of a worst case scenario.
@andrewferguson6901
11 ай бұрын
Nuclear energy is a giant blinking sign that says "target missiles here"
@johnsterling5425
10 ай бұрын
yes so their nuclear can get bombed, that way china won't even need to nuke them, they could simply just bomb their nuclear power plants
@thetacokawaii5708
10 ай бұрын
@@andrewferguson6901 make them underground
@rusher2937
10 ай бұрын
@@andrewferguson6901so are regular powerplants. China has a big incentive not to irradiate the land it would like to annex, so NPPs would still be a net benefit for Taiwan's energy infrastructure.
@benmcreynolds8581
10 ай бұрын
@@andrewferguson6901 any power plant is, or infrastructure system of any kind. If you really think about it. The point is the advancements in nuclear energy options could benefit us so much. You can collaborate other energy options alongside the nuclear energy and make a huge impact on the environment in a positive way.
War never changes.
The weaponization of Starlink could be devastating.
@Dell96kill
11 ай бұрын
the next weapon will be AI
@The_Quaalude
11 ай бұрын
The military has had satellites for decades
@tekken9476
11 ай бұрын
Who's to say it hasn't started
@silvan9268
11 ай бұрын
Starlink is a product made for the military from the start. Just like the internet and GPS.
@napalmholocaust9093
10 ай бұрын
It has been since day one. Starlink charges the U.S. government 4,500 bucks per router, Per month Each. And musk has been damaging in a myriad other ways with twitter, mostly by picking sides over and over again and making that narrative the only one. So already mission accomplished and war profiteering.
excellent doc
Initially in WW1, enemy pilots would wave at each other when they flew by close. Eventually somebody had the idea of pointing a pistol and shooting at enemy aircraft, and the innocence was lost foreever. Expect drone-on-drone brutality to happen with escalating sophistication.
@Annexation_
11 ай бұрын
There are already videos of Ukrainian and Russian drones ramming into each other in the contested airspace lol
@aaronseet2738
11 ай бұрын
@@Annexation_ what I'm claiming is it will get way more sophisticated than that. Can expect to see dedicated anti-drone platforms and weaponry.
@whatsursource
11 ай бұрын
@@aaronseet2738exactly like a amicrowave ray jammer type device
@randoguy7488
10 ай бұрын
@@whatsursource I remember that, but that was years ago, I'm sure nowadays it's smaller, more precise and more effective
Great!!
Thanks Sashank! Excellent as always.
Interesting, thanks.
the first combat drones were used in the mid 90's. the difference is that today you can make drones that can be used for only a few hundred or a few thousand dollars.... but in any case, are we really entering a period of increased conflicts? Yes Ukraine is the first conventional war in Europe since the Balkans but between Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, DRC, Sudan, there have been conflicts for all these years. some like the Congo wars extremely gruesome with millions of deaths and yet none of us really know about it
@G4nd4lf
11 ай бұрын
You never know what future brings, but although you are right, that Syria, Sudan or Congo wars were vary brutal, war in Ukraine is not like them. Not in the sense of number of casualties, but in the fact that this is first war in decades which is not one sided like an afganistan (Afgans fought a partizant war) or war between third world armies like wars in Africa. This is a first war between two powerfull armies.
SkyNet is online😬
I hate how AI has just become the new corporate buzzword.
@omaryousifkamal4290
11 ай бұрын
Yeah it is another money laundry thing like crepto
your jobs are so awesome.
The Ukraine War isn't what made it obvious that armed drones (UCAVs) are the future of warfare. Turkish MALE drones, Iranian kamikaze drones and even Chinese MALE drones were already used extensively before that and gave users an edge across multiple battlefields. Russia and Europe happened to fall behind on the tech, while the US and Israel has also had its own armed drones albeit they're less strategic now due to their high cost and thereby limited numbers and their evaporating strategic exclusivity. Yemen's Ansarullah used Iranian kamikaze drones against Saudi Arabia and the UAE which finally got them begging for a ceasefire that went into effect in April 2022, this despite the two also extensively using MALE drones themselves. Azerbaijan's use of Turkish MALE and Israeli kamikaze drones finally won them the war against Armenian separatists in late 2020. Armed drones have also been used extensively in Libya, Ethiopia, Syria and now the Sahel. The new play is armed drone boats (AUSVs).
@harrym740
11 ай бұрын
Imagine drone submarines😮
@itheuserfirst3186
11 ай бұрын
You are using the term "drone" in a broad sense. There are drones that look like small aircraft, and then there are modern, commercial drones that are bing used in tactical warfare.
@sorryi6685
11 ай бұрын
2020 Azerbaijan - Armenia war already proved how effective drones, Aznerbaijan obliterated Armenia with Turkrish and Isreali drones and Ukraine war is just continuation of that.
@tranbaohoangvu9464
11 ай бұрын
It is not true that the U.S. and Europe, or even South Korea could not build armed drones like those in China, Iran and Turkey. It is just that the U.S. and its allies seem to restrain on exporting drones despite the majority of the public supporting armed drone export. Taiwan is an example that the U.S. and Israel are willing to export armed drones to.
@jholotanbest2688
11 ай бұрын
Yep, this was one of the key observations from the most recent nagorny karabach conflict.
Drones are a big determining factor for the outcome of any war forward. The fact that they are relatively cheap and expendable means they can be produced like ammunition and deployed in the 100s of thousands. Hoping this saves human lives in the end, reducing the tally of war.
@GuinessOriginal
10 ай бұрын
It won’t, it will mean more deaths
Excellent and honest analysis
Couldn't open the survey, but this is a well done video. Transforming the magazine's in depth text into KZread. Amazing!
@alexcarter8807
11 ай бұрын
They just need to apply a pink filter...
This is only because we don't sent Ukraine the jets that they need.
@CharlieHill_26
11 ай бұрын
Naivety👆
@natbirchall1580
11 ай бұрын
@@CharlieHill_26 don't you have your own internet?
@imborad5350
11 ай бұрын
Not really as even if they are sent they will be denied by Russian active air defense..
@user-fl5wl9zf2d
11 ай бұрын
I have a proposal: I will vote for who you ask in Russia and you will vote for who I ask unconditionally of results in Russia
11 ай бұрын
Ukies would need ~200 jets to turn it around. Who will pilot them? Who will provide maintenance?
It was either S2 Underground or Covert Cabal, did a video about the details of 5th Generation warfare. would recommend that alongside this.
In the future... Knowing how to tackle wars or any forms of it will be handy in securing our lives and our friends or relatives... It's best to enlist and serve and be a reservist...
Wah. Wah never changes
Very frightening!
At 12:44 there is a picture of empty CPU socket depicting a cpu... Should have just used midjourney because I doubt it would have made such a mistake.
This felt like a special backstory trailer for a movie/video game about future warfare
AI is dangerous for three reasons... 1) It removes the responsibilities of a soldier... Removing any aspect of humanity. 2) AI learns... you cant control everything it will learn... and it will eventually resort to protecting it's existence. 3) AI will misinterpret orders.
@itheuserfirst3186
11 ай бұрын
Fantasy.
@sorryi6685
11 ай бұрын
Bombers, Cruise missiles, Drones already have dehumanised war to just numbers
@eyeofthetiger7
11 ай бұрын
@@itheuserfirst3186 what's fantasy?
@jholotanbest2688
11 ай бұрын
What responsibilities of soldiers? Most killing is done by artillery crews and they just aim where they are told to aim. Civilian targets are not out of the ordinary.
Economist reporting something that OSInt viewers konw for over a year now.
Whoever the woman in white is, she is most definitely a cyborg. Look at those eyes.
I remember watching somewhere on KZread that the royal marines, the US and some other nato countries were practicing trench warfare and subterranean warfare and it was a training exercise that focused and theorized that war would be like that due to drone warfare
I am terrified by Jennifer McArdle! Her *eyes* are. . .not right.
this video made me remember series the 100
hopefully the future of war is no war.
About 4 months ago I wrote to the German and Ukrainian ministry of defense, in the middle of those tank debates that when drones finally get to take out planes and choppers, tanks, artillerie and infantry will lose their cover. I would speed up the development of drone swarms. IMO they are ideal for a smaller army.
@GuinessOriginal
10 ай бұрын
Aha, a war monger
This is what cod and battlefield have been teaching us... "Consumables" = killstreak
That lady is already living in the past thinking that AI "remains incredibly brittle." That mindset will not age well.
Starlink is awesome!
1:59 the serious sam logo gave me flashbacks
Such a melodramatic piece of reporting complete with sound effects and all the pizzazz, only to end up saying nothing. Haha
10:15 surprising it's quite tiny of an increase, compared to how fast AI research is moving.
@GuinessOriginal
10 ай бұрын
It’s very difficult to get the DoD to spend money on new projects with new companies, the vast majority of their defence budget goes to the approved consolidated military industrial companies like Raetheon and Lockheed Martin. It took Palantir about 15 years of perseverance to land a contract, and they’re the premier AI defence company. The DoD is a slow, bureaucratic monolith that is filled with ex military company employees who favour contracts going to their ex companies
Electronic walfare laughing in corner😂😂😂
“Greetings! Two years … PLUS, the duration!” ~ Pres. Roosevelt, 1941
I'd guess it's not that hard to develop an AI-operated machine that will shoot down all objects it sees. That's it for reconnaissance/grenade drones against modern militaries.
@greghall4836
10 ай бұрын
And a few seconds later that machine is instantly targeted by the AI-operated machine that launched the bait that was shot down...
Imagine billions of tiny drones dropping bombs on the battlefield. For sure, this is the future.
The same limitations as AI in trading markets.
Artillery king of the battlefield that's the main lesson. And also without lot of infantry there is no advancing.
Are those small drones all DJI? what else makes?
AI is great. People can now destroy each other more efficiently. 😞
why is it then I knew that as soon as the drone was introduced as a toy many many years ago, I knew that warfare would change. People are finally grabbing the idea just now.
This is ridiculous. The way Russia and Ukraine are forced to fight a war doesn't gel with the US who'd be launching massive vollies of stealth cruise missiles cruise and other air power for weeks before even starting to move land forces. THAAD in Guam, Japan, South Korea. US military has its own communications including Starlink Starshield now.
Incredible reporting thank you
I do not care about how quickly an information gets to me. OBVIOUSLY I care about the quality of it!
These small and cheap drones makes it easier for less powerful opponents to fight against much more powerful enemies.
1:57 They really put "Serious Sam" logo on the drone
I think the future of war is going to be more mechanical and technology driven but men and women will be needed to operate it. When I think of future wars I think of is the Terminator movies where it’s man vs technology but it looks line men and women operating more advanced tech. I wonder if AI will eventually become a part of the battlefield. Soldiers wearing a lot of battery operated technology but more advanced. Trying to use more unmanned tech to save lives as well.
@BGeezy4sheezy
11 ай бұрын
The nightmare future that’s super likely is that wars will be decided by competing AI’s who deploy measures and counter measures at a speed no human could ever compete with
@DoseofTruth
11 ай бұрын
In my opinion, if humanity manages to survive for a considerable duration, I foresee a future where warfare transitions into a form of controlled competition, taking place in designated arenas that could potentially be simulated digitally and preferably located beyond our planet. This evolution would serve as a means to channel and satisfy our inherent drive for competitiveness, while reducing the destructive consequences of traditional warfare. Irrespective of technological advancements over the next century, our fundamental competitive instincts are likely to persist. Thus, for the next 100 years, it is plausible that we will continue to embrace and exercise our innate desire to compete.
@GuinessOriginal
10 ай бұрын
AI is already very much part of the battlefield. This report omitted much, and was way off the mark in some places. Ukrainian strategy is being run by AI, and there are at least half a dozen separate use cases being fulfilled with AI in this war in the Ukrainian side that I know of. I’m quite sure Russia are using it too, although I don’t b think it will be as sophisticated as America’s, but you never know. If they’ve got their hands on some American kit they might gain some knowledge
@GuinessOriginal
10 ай бұрын
@@DoseofTruthnever going to happen. You don’t wage war on terms favourable to the enemy like it’s a sports game. Wars will become more and more brutal and destructive
Either new evolutionary hacking will take place or more use in EMP weapons. In that sense, sound based weapons and light based weapons will need to appear to counter act this. We are at a precipice between what we know and what will come
@BGeezy4sheezy
11 ай бұрын
Like in everything, the rate of technological change is speeding up. Military technologies will appear, be countered, and rendered obsolete, giving way to something new, in a very short time in comparison to the history of warfare
@jholotanbest2688
11 ай бұрын
If EMP weapons were truly effective, don't you think Russia and Ukraine would be using them? Russia uses a lot of electrical warfare already.
@aenorist2431
11 ай бұрын
They are effective, but basic physics still holds ... cube of the distance, i.e. you need a metric fuckton of energy to affect a significant area. There is a reason the only real way to cause significant EMP is a high altitude nuke, and there is a reason nobody uses nukes.
We got to unarm people that want to fight wars
War never changes
👍👍
The present of war since Azerbaijan's victory over Armenia in 2020
You've chosen a guy with a Waffen SS division patch for the video preview. Nice work, Economist!
@mehoV2
3 ай бұрын
Wait where is it?
@user-hj6uy5zi7i
3 ай бұрын
@@mehoV2The patch on his arm. You can google "14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician)"
@user-hj6uy5zi7i
3 ай бұрын
@@mehoV2The patch on the guy's arm. You can google "14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician)"
Someone, anyone can start a war. No one can walk away truely alive. - Anberlin
IF LIFE ON THIS PLANET IS TO KEEP ON LIVING , WAR HAS NO FUTURE!
what are they doing with indonesian map? 8:35, is the war spreading across continent?
Imagine we could of had drones for ww1 and ww2
@Charles-ij1ow
11 ай бұрын
Imagine if we had lasers in the civil war aaah derrrr
@antonymossop3135
11 ай бұрын
The V1 was effectively a 'kamikaze' drone - and with a pulse jet engine...
@thecheeselord5943
11 ай бұрын
There kinda was in ww2
@sovietyunyun9096
11 ай бұрын
they used manned balloons/ biplanes for reconnaissance and spotting already in ww1 for similar effect
@SusCalvin
11 ай бұрын
@@sovietyunyun9096 They use a lot of concepts in 1917 that would be recognisable from 1940 and onwords, but lack just a small bit. Like how do we communicate what a pilot in a recce biplane can see to the artillery on the gound. Maybe haul a telephone cable up to the balloon or an OP, or drop a little capsule with photo film from the plane.
Its a 21st century war. Like, the sheer amount of Video documentation by GoPro's, individual youtube, Instagram, Telegram channels it self is never like before. You dont have much videos of wars in the past decade it self until now. Its crazy.
@SusCalvin
11 ай бұрын
Afghanistan and Iraq also featured warfare as cheap wireless devices and social media grew. In Ukraine, there's someone with rocket artillery and close to similar sigint capability on the other side.
Was digging this video until the AI card was pulled. As it stands I don't see AI being a factor on the battlefield for the coming decade.
@BGeezy4sheezy
11 ай бұрын
I tend to agree, but what’s exciting and terrifying, is that the rate of development of AI is hard to predict. It’s possible an AI could become more intelligent at an exponential rate, and then there’s no telling what the future would hold. But from what I’ve seen, you’re right, it’s unlikely to happen anytime soon.
@jholotanbest2688
11 ай бұрын
Then you clearly don't understand the difficulty of military decision making. AI can already give very useful suggestions to officer. Furthermore, in things like satellite image processing it has already surpassed humans because of its efficiency.
@Ruzzky_Bly4t
11 ай бұрын
The title of the video is "The future of war". Where on Earth did you get the one decade figure from?
Hope you're having a happy Fourth with your family.
If someone can create a device which can utilize EMP, that could potentially be a useful conter measure to drones.
the future of war will be dispute on online games. no bloodshed needed
Imagine some weapons that can be as small or little bit bigger than a bullet that are explosive that fly very quickly and also easily mass produced that hit its target accurately nonstop if needed, besides that it don't care about friend or foe, it's only recognized its “whitelists", that's the future of war.
6:05 the guys does know how his army fights
Drones in war is absolutely terrifying.
Which makes me think that an ad-hoc regional WIFi type communications network with the use of a vast array of high flying & much cheaper drones (than satellites) should be doable
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Do a piece on future of peace
Just think of it: war breaks out and no one turns up.
5:42 🦅🔱
Glorie Ukraina.
“ you need a lot of drones” I broke 2 at home.
@alexcarter8807
11 ай бұрын
Yeah I'd love to get into the drone hobby but that stuff breaks all the time, too spendy for me.
@emptyhad2571
11 ай бұрын
@@alexcarter8807 exactly it’s just very fun to do man.
@emptyhad2571
11 ай бұрын
@@alexcarter8807 Are you beginner or not? Because if you are I would advise buying the smaller drones or the practice drones like this one which I’m gonna link here.
@emptyhad2571
11 ай бұрын
I got one for my brother and he really enjoys it. He’s learning the hoops of the drone and transitioning away from the beginner stage. That’s what I’m what I’m basically at so I was thinking on moving to a bigger drone just to test myself.
So it begins.
@subfreakuent
10 ай бұрын
@@TheEconomist__. Lol, what a pathetic bot comment...can't even spell right.
Why not just stop fighting, and spend military budgets on food and shelter for those who really need it?