Yeah, like surgical strikes were never
carried
out
during the war (okay, those operations weren't spotless, but they were generally precise).
Frankly, I think you're fighting a losing battle trying to prevent surgical strikes, they'd just use fighters if they couldn't get the precision with bombers.
edited 14th Mar '11 1:48:11 AM by MattII
Okay, perhaps not specifically that surgical strikes were never devised, but a total war situation happens. I suppose if GPS had been developed, it would be jammed as part of the blackout.
Fresh-eyed movie blogIf you can posit that nuclear technology never came about, you can do the same for wireless technology. Keep the land lines and the broadcast media.
As a separate issue, have remote-controlled drones do the bombing. They don't show up on radar, so the populace depends on visual contact for warning.
Under World. It rocks!The point was blacking out the wireless signals.
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What if the atomic bomb was never invented, and otherwise the lessons of World War II were not learned, so that surgical strikes were never deemed necessary and air-to-ground warfare never became more precise than "find the town, drop bombs?" Such that wartime in the 21st century still necessitated "put out that light!"-style blackouts?
What of the wireless technology? We've lit up our populated areas in microwave and radio signals! How would this affect usage of cellular phones and wi-fi? What specific developments would have had to be delayed to get to this point (would I have to completely scrap World War II)?
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