Modern societies run on fragile digital grids. In the war of tomorrow, a belligerent nation will not invade its neighbor. Instead, it will deploy malware to destroy the neighbor's power grid, water purification systems, and financial databases. By the time the tanks roll in, the population will be in a state of hypothermic shock, unable to organize any resistance.
The war of tomorrow is terrifying not because it is alien, but because it is already here. The sensors, the autonomous algorithms, and the cyber weapons exist today. The only missing ingredient is the political will to pull the trigger. La Guerra Del Manana
When satellites are blind (jammed), drones are spoofed (GPS tricked), and communications are down, fighting retreats to the sewers, subways, and high-rise apartments of megacities. In these environments, a $10,000 drone is useless against a soldier with a $500 shotgun and a piece of chicken wire to block the rotors. Modern societies run on fragile digital grids