As parliament gears up for a vote Wednesday on plans to boost military spending, the French Armed Forces look set to continue hiring science fiction authors to imagine future threats to national security.…
Sci-fi writers help French army imagine wars of future
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Sci-fi writers help French army imagine wars of future
A squad of sci-fi writers dubbed the Red Team is helping the French army prepare for new technology conflict scenarios from 2030
3 January 2021
By Connexion journalist
Army officials tasked with imagining future wars and global threats, and what new technology might be used, have turned to the experts – science fiction writers.
A squad of 10 sci-fi writers, dubbed the Red Team, is now working alongside scientific and military experts to imagine potential hi-tech threats and conflict scenarios from 2030 to 2060.