Autopsy of a Future War

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Autopsy of a Future War

Jared Wilhelm | November 5, 2019
Autopsy of a Future War

Editor’s note: In concert with the Defense Entrepreneurs Forum’s Project Gutenberg, a futurist imagines a post-mortem on an artificial intelligence-aided Chinese invasion.

 

SECDEF on Chinese Taiwan Attack: “We Flat Out Failed to Understand Their Artificial Intelligence Capabilities”

The Department of Defense’s chief testified before Congress, revealing details of China’s efforts to deter the United States during last year’s invasion of Taiwan.

 

Published Aug. 28, 2024 at 8:47 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON — The Chinese People’s Liberation Army shocked the world last November when they activated nearly two million reservists, mobilized the People’s Armed Forces Maritime Militia, and executed a surprisingly successful cross-strait invasion of Taiwan.

In a marathon day of testimony before the House Armed Services Committee, Secretary of Defense Barry McDermott revealed how the PLA’s cyber branch used artificial intelligence and the “internet of things” to help Chinese conventional forces achieve strategic military aims far from the conventional battlefield in Taiwan. McDermott told committee members the artificial-intelligence capabilities China employed will force a redefinition of “the battlefield” and must change how the US military trains for future conflict.

“We’d worked for years creating and exercising joint operational plans, but at almost every phase our ops seemed to be out of sync,” McDermott said in his opening statement. “They were in our heads.”

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