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Inspired by: magazines » Space war

version: 1 / created: 2010-12-07
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Originally submitted by: Aharon Hauptman
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Source of inspiration

Specialised magazines (e.g. National Geographic)

The source of the Wild Card is

"Is a New Space Weapon Race Heating Up?" http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/space-war-weapons-heats-up-100505.html

Headline

(max. 9 words)

Space war

Description

(approx. 150 words)
Please describe the Wild Card (approx. 150 words)
A military confrontation takes place in space, using space weapons such as anti-satellite lasers and missiles, space-planes, etc.

Keywords

Space, security, war, defense, weapons

Mini-description

(max. 250 characters)

A military confrontation takes place in space, using space weapons such as anti-satellite lasers and missiles, space-planes, etc.

Likelihood

Closest timeframe for at least 50% likelihood
Please use one of the following options:
now-2050

Features of life if the wild card manifests

Feature 4: technology and infrastructure
Damage to satellites will disrupt critical systems
Feature 7: security and defence
New kind of war

Type of event

Human planned (e.g. terrorist attack or funded scientific breakthrough)

Type of emergence

please select (if any) describe related trend or situation
An extreme extension of a trend/development/situation
(e.g. Increased global warming leads to a total ban on fossil fuels)

Type of systems affected

Human-built Systems - E.g. organisations, processes, technologies, etc.

Classification

Undesirable

Importance

please specify:
please select
Level 1: important for a particular country
Level 2: important for a particular world region
Level 3: important for the European Union
Level 4: important for the whole world