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For questions related to the effects of certain circumstances, conditions, or locality changes on war. Related tags: [civil-war], [nuclear-war], [cold-war]

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How should I go about inciting a civil war in a primitive, isolated country?

Idealistically you can go the way Gandhi did. Point out the inequality. Explain how the suppressed feel. Again and again repeat how things should be instead. Be prepared to do jail time for your convi …
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Which Gun For Improvised Defense Of a Machine Shop?

At your base, create escape hatches and small subterranean corridors for guerilla warfare. Plant poisoned food and/or liquor in one big batch for them to find. Stage this very convincingly. …
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Giant fighting robots vs. US military: who would win?

This is really very simple. If the military can blow up the robots, they win. Think large cannon but especially mines. If the robots are fast or smart, they win. Assuming reaching NY/DC constitutes …
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Underwater Sneak Attack

I can think of a few methods that circumvent sonar sentries or are general of use in warfare. Underwater drums or trumpets for distraction. Herd innocent fish to block accurate sonar images. …
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How do you make cyberwar lethal?

Right. This asks for a precise and logic approach. Plenty of cycles available, yes? Identify every single person (while protecting the id of your own crew). This of course includes any server backup …
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Is there any advantage to a heavy thrusting weapon?

A heavy pole-arm used by infantry would be a sarissa. It was an incredible 5 meters long and weighted about 6 kg. It had a sharp iron head shaped like a leaf and a balancing bronze butt-spike that wo …
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Would glass bullets be feasible in a hypothetical world?

There are options available. Historically bullets have been carved from stone, for example. The bigger problem to solve is what to shoot the bullet with. A steel firearm quickly becomes priceless. Yo …
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Are there any past wars for which encrypted and compressed telegrams would make a major impact?

During the American Civil War cryptograms were used. The old “dictionary” cipher and other replacement and transposition codes were used on both sides in the beginning. They could not do without and c …
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Evolved for war

Raymond Feist has sketched such a race in the 'Dasati' featured in his Darkwar Saga Some tidbits from the wiki: Religion Millenia ago during their version of the Chaos Wars His Darkness the Dark God …
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