The subject is fascinating, but the way it is presented is very disappointing. At the beginning, over several dozen pages (!), there is incredible pleasure in telling what this book will be about and what it will not be about, and get ready, get ready!! Which in itself is not a very good decision; although that would be forgivable if the next part was more interesting. Unfortunately. This is science fiction and rather random futurological divination. Of course, all the analyzes are like that, but the authors do not give too many examples to support their theses, it is only “whims”, which they try to hide by a fairly nonchalant use of very precise figures. where they are not necessary, to give the whole thing a more “scientific” dimension. The bibliography is very poor, there are no footnotes. In those aspects that can already be verified, they missed the point – they suggested, for example, moving from a destructive war to a one-off war, focused on the almost surgical destruction of enemy targets, so that “war does not be not so destructive.” “And just look at Bakhmut, Avdievka, Mariupol… To be honest, being completely wrong in one place does not automatically mean that they are wrong elsewhere. The whole thing is focused on creating a new field, arena of battles – space – and the authors suggest that whoever gains the advantage there will automatically gain it on Earth Okay, there are a few things that support the importance thesis – like GPS, etc. but every “domain” is important in war. Space matters especially when war is asymmetrical. Current space technology is so primitive – despite the miracles it performs, but it remains primitive – and susceptible to damage, failure. and expensive, that even if it is the number one objective at the very beginning, it will either be reduced immediately and we will be back to square one without it, otherwise it will not be there, so it will not be as important at the end. The future – yes – something can change, but unfortunately the content of the book will not dispel doubts, it will not ask good questions and, deep down, it is very superficial and superficial.
