01653nam a22002417a 4500003000500000005001700005008004100022020002700063040002300090082001500113100002000128245007100148260004000219300004400259504006700303520082600370521001001196651001701206654008501223655004101308700004301349710001901392322820250619081136.0250619b        sa ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a07153 76616qHardcover  aRDAbENGLISHc3228  a355.82 LAN  aLangford, David  aWar in 2080 : bthe future of military technologycDavid Langford.  aNew York : bWilliam Morrow,c1979.  a229 pagesbColour illustrations:c23 cm  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 223-225) and index.  aSummary: "Since the beginning of recorded history war has been a blight upon our species. And looking at current military technology it seems likely that our warmaking proclivities will flourish in the twenty-first century. British physicist and science writer, David Langford, spells out the progressive sophistication of armaments from the slingshot to the neutron bomb, military hardware and software of future wars in space. He examines such science-fiction concepts as planet- busters, deathrays, ecological wars, climate control and even bionic people able to become part of possibility of colonization and of encounters with aliens of a higher technological order, elsewhere in the Universe. WAR IN 2080 presents a grim and frightening picture of a future world- which none of us can afford to ignore." - Publisher  aAdult  aSouth Africa  2Technological forecasting  Twenty-first century  War  Weapons systems  Forecasts  aForecasts.  Forecasts  Prévisions.  aDavid Langford, Andrew Farmer, O'Neill  aWilliam Morrow