Questions tagged [military-defense]
For questions about strategies and structures for defending from a particular type of attack
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Creating a shield with air?
I'm thinking about air shield that can protect man from flying arrows, bullets, etc.
I did some research about bulletproof vests and it turned out that many of them were made of hard materials or ...
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Zombie killing structure that's easy to construct, durable and low maintenance?
What would be an effective zombie killing structure that an average person could put together in a typical suburban neighborhood? Previous discussion that touched on the topic often rely upon ...
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What precautions would a space navy crew take when co-operating with an enemy android?
After a politically destabilizing incident that could lead to a regional war, a sentient android from a foreign government has offered to help the navy track down a space pirate turned fanatical ...
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Funding custom weapon development in a friendly foreign country?
If you have a country with unique needs for some kind of weapon system but it doesn't have a domestic industry to produce it, is it possible to fund the development in a friendly foreign country?
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How would a port city located on a river on the border defend itself?
This is my first question on this site! So, I have been trying to figure this out. I have a port city that is located at the mouth of a river. The problem is that the river forms part of the border ...
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Best Northern Australia location for a colony in 1700
So I'm doing a story where the time traveling MC decides to make a go for Australia in 1700 before any other powers start giving it some attention. What I'm debating on is where is the best location ...
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If the Cold War went hot in the early 1970s, would the Warsaw Pact be able to reach the Rhine River?
So, let us go back in time to the year 1973, specifically around October of 1973; the time frame of the Yom Kippur War. In our timeline, the conflict almost became WWIII after the Soviets threatened ...
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Building an elite legion [closed]
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You are the much-loved ruler Joe Bob of anywhereland. You won the election with all of the votes except for one: from your annoying brother Bob Joe. But that is not relevant. You rule with ...
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Battling a massive army robots, how? [closed]
In the previous question about the great computer, we searched for an answer to make a plan to defeat the robots in space, now, were going to look at a more "conventional" battlefield.
Note: ...
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Defeating this fleet [closed]
I was watching the series called: "Once Upon a Time... Space" (I could only find the hungarian dub, which is my native language), that I want to make a fanfic about, and I ran into a problem....
The ...
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Defending against directed Gamma Ray weaponry
I am trying to picture how space combat would happen with a sufficiently advanced level of technology (way beyond what we have today), and obviously defense from radiation would be a massive benefit ...
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Run! A giant chipmunk is attacking the city--or is it? [closed]
A chipmunk. 300x normal size. Dangerous. Especially when attacking a city. But there are some unknowns.
I have some obstacles to get around.
1: A chipmunk can hold a pound of food in each cheek pouch. ...
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Public Order/Control in a perpetually Sea-faring people: Preventing Revolt/Take Over
In one of my worlds I have a people who live almost exclusively on the surface of the ocean. Over their world's short history they quickly develop from the equivalent of island tribe tech to medieval ...
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What is the ideal location to hide the President in the case of a zombie apocalypse?
We all love the apocalypse, except for those that are actually in it and often apocalypse media, especially zombie apocalypses, show a complete collapse of any form of government. I find this unlikely,...
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English Medieval town layout
In Medieval England how would a stronghold town be laid out, and what would their defenses have been?
I'm putting a city together and one important point is that it is secure from attacks. Attacks ...
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How could a smaller country successfully take control of a much larger country?
Imagine a scenario where a country around the size of New Zealand (in GDP, population, military strength and other areas) decides that it wants to take control of or at least destroy a much larger ...
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Planetary Defenses Against Interstellar Grey Goo Cloud?
I'm writing a story in which a cloud of grey goo is entering the solar system and humanity must prevent any particle of it from reaching Earth (and potentially other worlds too). Alternately, I need a ...
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Would it be dangerous for the average country to drop its army?
The money a country spends in defense is usually really high. There are many countries in a world like ours where the army is hardly ever used. Could it be possible for a country that is surrounded by ...
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Can spacecraft defend against antimatter weapons? How?
Here is what we know:
We have the means to create stable antimatter
We can direct it in a beam
It can travel nearly as fast as light with ease
Antimatter and matter combine in dangerous ways: one ...
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It's the end of the world. How do we react? [closed]
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There is a space object heading for earth -- asteroid, rogue planet, what have you. The Smartest People In The World have determined that:
it's coming right at us
if it hits us, it's ...
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How to defend Earth against "alien bees tactic" in the modern era? [closed]
The enemy is approximately 100 million in number and are closing in fast from the orbit of Uranus, at a constant speed of 70 km/s (in near perfect vacuum condition). They are like clones and each one ...
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Can one nuke reliably shoot another out of the sky?
A quick glance at real world anti-missile systems seems to show that they do work, but imperfectly. The problem naturally gets harder when the incoming missile is extremely high-velocity.
If your ...
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With these circumstances in place, what would be an appropriate military doctrine for my fictional organisation/conglomerate of organisations?
So, I am working on this military organisation called the United Nations Extraterrestrial Response Unit or UNERU for short, but I have had the problem of developing its doctrine in a plausible manner. ...
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Viability of orbital defence by debris fields
I have a low tech planet (think late space race levels of tech) that needs to protect itself from an alien invasion.
I'm wondering if it would be practical to mount a defence (beyond more ...
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What is the best method to immobilize a Godzilla-like monster?
Suppose a Godzilla-like monster landed on the shore of California and heading towards the city business district, despite not being able to shoot atomic breath, nor discharging laser beams from its ...
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If a million heavily armed children stormed Area 51 what would they do? [closed]
Say a sorceress secretly enchanted 1 million kids, 12 years old, and under and made them break into Area 51 from all directions what would they do?
These kids appear very normal and sane apart from ...
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Way to block rockets from entering space?
I'm currently in a nation roleplay and some nations are now looking towards the stars to expand their reach and power. We are all using modern technology mixed in with near future technology (30 to 40 ...
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Surviving an Overwhelming Siege
The evil enemy has us surrounded. They outnumber our forces, they have us outgunned. These helldogs have a trillion dollars/year for their war budget, and they can afford the fanciest toys, numerous ...
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How would humans in medieval times have adapted to giant roaming golems?
So in a world where giant rock and metal golems 'spawn' naturally. These golems are the kind with a power core hidden inside their bodies, their body and limbs are held together by invisible mana ...
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How would a newly established town defend itself against giant wolves?
So in a medieval based magic fantasy world, a town was established next to a river in a large forested area. Basic infrastructure and facilities are up. Suddenly, patrols found shadows flitting across ...
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How would humans defend themselves against mice that are sentient and intelligent?
In How would sentient intelligent, normal-sized mice fight against humans?
Humans are not doing well at fighting against the mice. They are small, smart and deadly. Humans will have access to ...
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How would real-life military and police deal with predatory alien threat in a city?
There's a lot of short stories and sci-fi movies depicting stealth alien invasion, typically on American country village or even a big city. We're not talking war with advanced sci-fi tehcnology - we'...
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Planet Wars 1 : Where to start? [closed]
When people consider a war between planets, they immediately think of throwing big rocks at it. What my question is, when you know another planet is going to attack, what is the first thing that ...
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How to build a fortress on a floating island?
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How would a fortress built on a floating island look like? what kind of defensive emplacements and structures could be expected to be built for such a construction in order to defend it ...
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Sudden, unexpected Blitz like attacks all over the world. What would happen next?
This question is inspired by Hellsing Ultimate. In it, a secret splinter division of the Nazis left at the end of World War 2 remained in the shadows building up power, until the events of the anime ...
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Defending against magic [closed]
I'm writing a short story about a man who faces off against a Necromancer, and am wondering what sort of defenses the main character and/or his party might employ against the Necromancer's magic.
I ...
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Klemperer rosette vs Relativistic Kill Vehicles
In the book The Killing Star, Relativistic Kill Vehicles (RKV) are described as the ultimate weapon.
They are described as impossible to stop, so that any civilization that develops them better ...
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A tour of the kingdom, including the deserts
Rivers are said to be the centre of life and civilisation. So, in my world, there are plenty of rivers and lakes, and there are cities/towns all along those waterways. Also, there are port cities by ...
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What challenges might a microscopic architect have to overcome when designing an entirely walled city
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Due to a great diaspora ( of sorts ) that spreaded "mankind" all across the earth ( town ) , Man ( 330 μm humanoids ) has ...
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Defeating the revised Snakebot of Doom
In Weapons for a civilisation-destroying giant robot I asked about what weapons might be placed on a sixty-billion-ton fusion-powered snakebot 9.27 km long and 1.19 km in diameter, armoured with 224 ...
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Defeating the Snakebot of Doom
In Weapons for a civilisation-destroying giant robot I asked about what weapons might be placed on a sixty-billion-ton fusion-powered snakebot 9.27 km long and 1.19 km in diameter, armoured with 224 ...
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He must escape from a CERN/DARPA-like facility - Research & Development [closed]
This question is linked to this one:
He must escape from a CERN/DARPA-like facility
Since the facility is for defense development: Which areas or topic of research and/or development could I ...
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Character must escape from a CERN/DARPA-like facility - Secrecy
This story is meant to be an introduction and background for a short videogame I'm working on.
Our hero works at a secret, hidden facility. The secret is kept among every staff member working there. ...
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How could a secret terrorist organization rise to great power without anybody really noticing?
My first question, be kind please! :)
I'm thinking about an organization like COBRA from the G.I. Joe comics. For those unfamiliar, COBRA is a nationless terrorist organization bent on world ...
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Using magnetic repulsion to build zombie-proof building
There has been much thought on how to create a zombie-proof building but I think I have this figured out.
I propose a building that covers an area of about one city block, so: 264 x 900 ft, that ...
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Help on designing a castle to defend a large wall
I am writing a novel and I am working on the design of a castle that is defending a long wall at the border of a land to prevent invaders. I am currently trying to think of the design of the castle, ...
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Is it theoretically possible to use electromagnetic, RF or heat energy to produce a ship forcefield?
I'm looking for a credible technology which could be used as a shield for a spacecraft sometime within the next 100-200 years.
Not necessarily a spherical shield which covers the whole ship, it would ...
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How to accomplish planetary independence
Inspired by this question: How many of a Typical Sci Fi Army would you need to take a planet?
Let's have a Galactic Empire which spans the galaxy. The Empire is ruled by The Emperor from one central ...
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Comprehensive textbook on modern military hardware? [closed]
Can anybody recommend a comprehensive textbook on military hardware that would include not only American but French, German etc arms too?
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How would a city with high defences fare against airborne creatures?
This always has been a point of trouble for me as a World Designer. How would a fantasy city be well-protected against airborne creatures? In all the examples we have on our own world (Earth) being ...
