Art of Future Warfare

July 13, 2015

Wall Street Journal Features Ghost Fleet

By August Cole

The Wall Street Journal features Ghost Fleet, cowritten by Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow August Cole, in a discussion on the advances of cyber warfare and a vision of the hypothetical World War III:

A new novel, “Ghost Fleet,” warns Americans about advances in cyberwarfare that could leave the U.S. as unprepared as Britain was against the U-boats. The title refers to mothballed warships and planes the U.S. recommissions because their pre-Internet technologies haven’t been hacked

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Mr. Cole runs the Future of Warfare Project at the Atlantic Council, a Washington think tank, which encourages artists to create works about a hypothetical World War III. An exhibit includes art in the style of the Uncle Sam recruiting poster. One future poster solicits unhacked chips: “Reduce, Reuse, Refight: Donate Microchips at Your Local Victory Drive.”

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