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Interesting stuff.

So the article got me thinking about how the nature of warfare.

"In the end, the Japanese achieved almost complete tactical surprise. And in that might lie the key to understanding Pearl Harbor, writes Hanyok, the former NSA historian"

The nature of warfare is inevitably progressing towards advanced surveillance techniques that enable armies to monitor their enemy at all times. Could an event as surprising as Pearl Harbor happen again? Obviously the answer to that question is yes in the face of the tragedies on 911. Eventually though systems will be put in place that can penetrate surfaces and determine key strategic and situational information. More or less Big Brother with less invasiveness. The government would not need to install closed circuit television rather satellites will have the capability to penetrate through buildings. Eventually though technologies would move towards keeping people and places invisible to satellites and the red queen effect continues. Each side upping their tools of wars.

It would be interesting to see how different strategies progress but I would imagine, though I have no clue, that many strategic moves in battle typically use the same fundamental principles. Universal strategies may result simply because they are a good moves. So for example if you look at the history of warfare you might find found x number of maneuvers all typically involving some variation of the fundamental strategies, with variation most likely originating from environmental factors.

Just some thoughts. It's probably pretty intuitive stuff but I thought I would share it anyway.