I am a Christian, so I accept the Biblical declarations on the subject. Just because I am harsh on undisciplined nonsense does not mean I have a closed mind. Plenty of things in science fiction that have not and will never come to pass. I suspect I have been reading it longer than you have been alive, so I am not impressed with your admonition.
As for generals making predictions, the best one I can recall was Danny Graham who was behind the High Frontier organization and the Strategic Defense Initiative, which I worked in. This clip is apparently 4 years old. There are also generals who are long on flourish and short on "show me." I have 40 years experience to put against his, in the relevant weapons technologies.
Well said. You keep mentioning your age. Care to share your age? I was born in 1959. No military background... other than my father, born in 1919, died at age of 98, was also a General in the Air Force so I have thousands of hours in intellectual discussions with him under my belt. He was a great teacher.
I was born in 1951, in the Atomic Age, rather than the Space Age. I was quite taken with the advent of nuclear submarines, especially the SSN-571 Nautilus. I think I have just recently outlived my father in age. He was a signalman in the Navy in World War II, assigned to the Armed Guard, and spent the war on convoys, literally around the world. He saw the ruins of Nagasaki after the atomic bomb detonation. He was recalled to service in the Korean War, but wisely chose to go into the submarine service. Not much submarine warfare in that war. He enjoyed delving into "interesting" subjects.
I am a Christian, so I accept the Biblical declarations on the subject. Just because I am harsh on undisciplined nonsense does not mean I have a closed mind. Plenty of things in science fiction that have not and will never come to pass. I suspect I have been reading it longer than you have been alive, so I am not impressed with your admonition.
As for generals making predictions, the best one I can recall was Danny Graham who was behind the High Frontier organization and the Strategic Defense Initiative, which I worked in. This clip is apparently 4 years old. There are also generals who are long on flourish and short on "show me." I have 40 years experience to put against his, in the relevant weapons technologies.
Well said. You keep mentioning your age. Care to share your age? I was born in 1959. No military background... other than my father, born in 1919, died at age of 98, was also a General in the Air Force so I have thousands of hours in intellectual discussions with him under my belt. He was a great teacher.
I was born in 1951, in the Atomic Age, rather than the Space Age. I was quite taken with the advent of nuclear submarines, especially the SSN-571 Nautilus. I think I have just recently outlived my father in age. He was a signalman in the Navy in World War II, assigned to the Armed Guard, and spent the war on convoys, literally around the world. He saw the ruins of Nagasaki after the atomic bomb detonation. He was recalled to service in the Korean War, but wisely chose to go into the submarine service. Not much submarine warfare in that war. He enjoyed delving into "interesting" subjects.