Friday Fictioneers – Modern War

~ Neil MacDonald
PHOTO PROMPT © Lisa Fox

The demonstrator steepled his fingers.  “The Belanthropus system allows target acquisition for your preferred weapons platform faster than any human operator.”

“And that’s a good thing?”

“In the highly complex kinetics of modern warfare, yes. More targets, more kills.”

The General leaned forward, body tensed like a wolfhound. “With this, we’ll anticipate the enemy’s intentions and neutralise them before they strike. It could make attack unthinkable. We must be first to possess this.”

“General,” I said, “this won’t eliminate war, but automate it and make conflict more likely. We have to ban this.”

That’s how I got command of paperclips.

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