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With science fiction, the military looks at the threats of the future

2021-07-07T21:53:28.565Z


Authors projecting themselves in the 2040s have delivered two war scenarios that the Ministry of the Armed Forces will study secretly.


A fashionable place, the Trianon in Paris, beams of red light and synthetic images for the atmosphere, a concert and a chat on Twitch… Wednesday, the “Red Team”, the group of science authors- fiction which put their imagination at the service of the Ministry of the Armed Forces presented its latest scenarios.

By projecting itself into the 2040s, the Red Team aims to shake up current strategic and tactical certainties.

After having explored the themes of piracy and amphibious spaces last year, the Red Team looked this year at two other concepts: “

ruse

” and “

massive asymmetry

”, explained the author Nicolas Minvielle. , which coordinates the reflections.

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The subjects were judged to be more "

problematic in relation to possible strategic surprises

", explains Emmanuel Chiva, director of the Defense Innovation Agency, which oversees the initiative.

"

It is a plausible fiction, anchored in reality,

" he insists.

An "informative fog"

The ten authors of the Red Team confront

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Source: lefigaro

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