Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a recent Foreign Affairs podcast interview. This new book explores the evolving realities in warfare and builds on the lessons of Ryan's earlier book 'War Transformed.' It discusses themes touched on by US Army Gen. It's not a sterile decision-making environment.'ĬM-11 tanks fire artillery during the 2-day live-fire drill amid intensifying threats military from China, in Pingtung county, Taiwan, 7 September 2022.Ī pressing need to try to be 'invisible on the modern battlefield' In the book, the fighting is said to be like the brutal Battle of Tarawa, as opposed to say Afghanistan, yet Ryan said he feels his book 'portrays the best case scenario,' adding that 'once these kinds of conflicts start, you start losing people. It draws on past and ongoing high-intensity conflicts, from the truly catastrophic battles of World War II to the bloody war for Ukraine, to really capture the horrors of an invasion, as well as the terrifying chaos, threats, and numerous challenges of modern warfare. 'White Sun War' follows a handful of characters in the US, Chinese, and Taiwanese militaries through intense amphibious assaults, combat in the skies and beyond, and most importantly, hard fighting on the ground.

Mick Ryan, a retired major general in the Australian military and author of the new techno-thriller 'White Sun War,' told Insider that this novel 'should portray to everyone just how awful such a war might be.' Some things, however, are changing unbelievably fast, and future battlefields could look like nothing we have ever seen before. When it comes to war, some things never really change, such as the uniquely human elements. The military strategist who wrote the book says a real war might not be far off the mark. The war is an 'unceasing maelstrom of death, suffering, and blood' but also a 'new age in human-robot combat.' The author describes bloodshed mixed with warfighting technologies without precedent in combat. It paints a bleak and unusual picture of a fictional great power war over Taiwan that erupts after decades of tensions between the US and China. The scene comes from a new novel, ' White Sun War: The Cam paign for Taiwan,' written by a former military officer. The first wave of China's assault was ashore, and the enemy was robotic. 'AERIAL SWARMS LAUNCHING,' 'BEACH OBSTACLES BEING DESTROYED,' 'SWARM ATTACKING AIRCRAFT,' they read as it dawned on the island's shocked defenders that a terrible conflict long in the making had come at last. APPEAR TO BE AUTONOMOUS,' one of the first messages read. 'MULTIPLE SMALL AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLES LANDING AT BEACH. It often indicates a user profile.Ī sudden burst of rapid-fire tactical messages shattered the early morning calm in Taiwan. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.

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