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Harnessing the resources of the defence industry to create a time machine capable of sending someone back to Ancient Greece.
The reason, to teach them more military formations, which then can be utilized back in our own time for naming of military hardware, like Phalanx or whatever....
Who cares
if the Sparta falls to Persian conquest because they were doing line dancing formation?
At least the next GE creation will not end up being called the XE119-b....
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More effective formations depend on
improved command and control, more
advanced weapons (requiring a
corresponding technlogical and social
infrastructure), logistics … not just "How to
mount an infantry attack in oblique line" … |
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MFD rant bad science no idea bollocks |
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This is a bit like hoping to pick up survival tactics by
talking to the ghost of Scott of the Antarctic. |
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//"How to mount an infantry attack in oblique line"// |
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You couldn't call a modern munition Epaminondas,
anyway. It has too many syllables to be macho. |
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"Go, tell the Corps GHQ staff located at 37°4' N 22°26' E, thou that passeth by, that .... no, 37°4' N 22°26' E ... yes ... well, use your GPS ... what ? No, we don't have any AA cells ... look, just write it down ... OK, now, go tell the Corps GHQ staff ... who ? Well, the GSO1, or his deputy ... yes, you can tell the General of you can find him ... no, not Brigade HQ, you have to go all the way to ... yes, I know it's a long way, and it's hot, but this is important ... got to that grid reference and tell them ... oh, bugger this for a game of soldiers, I'm off down the taverna." |
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//You couldn't call a modern munition Epaminondas//
Pelopidas works though. The Pelopidas Missile sounds like it might do an awful lot of damage. |
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[marked-for-deletion] magic - Time travel?! |
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