At the end of June, the authors will present to the authorities the “fourth season” of unusual scenarios of upcoming battles in the form of fictional stories. Two stories are expected to appear on bookstore shelves, but they will first be edited so as not to “share dangerous ideas with enemies”. The project cost the French defense budget two million euros. President Emmanuel Macron is reported to have taken a keen interest in the literary success of science fiction writers and even ordered a secret hotline to be set up for him through which he could ask the writers questions. “They (the scenarios) are pleasantly different from the reports that (the president) sees every day, which can be a little vague, direct and dry,” said Commander Jean-Baptiste Colat of the Defense Innovation Agency. armies.
The 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan, is considered the tacit founder of cooperation between the Departments of Defense and writers.
It should be noted that the “Red Team”, which included writers and graphic designers, worked in tandem with scientists who advised science fiction writers. In addition, the authors submitted the completed texts to the Blue Team, made up of analysts. These, in turn, “learned military lessons” from stories. Thus, in the essay “The Chronicle of Predicted Cultural Death”, the armed forces urgently needed to evacuate the French and Europeans from the city after rumors of a biological attack on high schools. The enemy used a type of coronavirus as a weapon. However, the operation was hampered by the new structure of society, in which people were divided into communities and refused to see certain parts of this world due to personal beliefs. For vegetarians, for example, there were no steak platters or butcher shops. As a result, society was further influenced by fakes, and French soldiers became disoriented and less united. Science fiction writers have devoted another story to a war based on the use of energy. The world was on the brink of disaster due to fires that couldn’t be extinguished for months and mosquito robots that sucked the strength out of opponents.
The 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan, is considered the tacit founder of cooperation between the Departments of Defense and writers. The Strategic Defense Initiative, announced by the leader in 1983, was popularly called “Star Wars” for a reason – the project was largely based on science fiction writers Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle’s report “Space. The most important border”. After the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York in 2001, the Pentagon turned to Hollywood “for original ideas” related to possible attacks. The impetus for cooperation with the filmmakers was the widespread version that the terrorists took the CIA by surprise due to the lack of imagination of intelligence agents. Currently, the Sigma Forum continues to advise US authorities on various future science fiction scenarios, reports France 24.
By the way, in 2005, writer Carl Schroeder wrote a book especially for the Canadian Forces about the obstacles peacekeepers might face in an imaginary African city in the fight against insurgents 20 years from now. Among the main problems, the author cited drones, internet access and cell phones…
Meanwhile, the UK Ministry of Defense also launched a series of short stories this year called ‘8 Visions of the Future’ on how new technologies like artificial intelligence and innovative drones could change the way warfare is carried out in the decades to come. Prominent American novelists and national security experts Peter Singer and August Cole have been invited to write popular science articles. They created “useful fiction” intended to “challenge established thinking”. However, the Department of Defense notes that “the views expressed are fictitious and should not be considered the final or indicative opinion of the Department or its endorsement.” Having gained creative freedom, Singer and Cole discussed the “drone swarm” attack on London and the possible manipulation of entire groups of people using cyberpsychology. And they also proposed a “reinforced” soldier of the British Army’s advanced forces and the so-called green wars for the control of new technologies and resources. By the way, before cooperating with the British Ministry of Defense, the screenwriters had already managed to release a joint techno-thriller “Ghost Fleet”. The authors came up with their own “scenario” of World War III, which they claim will take place primarily in cyberspace and outer space.
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