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Originally posted by DarkSide
it's funny to see how some people are so sure a bunch of americans with pistols and bombs can win against advanced aliens by using guerrilla warfare
what if they have shields that protect them from weapons?
and If they wanted to destroy the planet and everyone on it they could just send a few antimatter bombs from their ships and we wouldn't even see it coming...
and If I was an alien commander,and I had to invade a planet I would send in an army of robots,that way aliens never get killed and with robots you have nothing to lose
[edit on 16-9-2004 by DarkSide]
Originally posted by Odd
In the admittedly rather unlikely eventuality that Earth should be invaded by a hostile extraterrestrial force, do you beleive that our species would have the capacity to set aside our petty internicine wars to defend against this common enemy?
It's entirely likely that one nation or another might "sell out" in terms of military force, eschewing action against the enemy so that they themselves might be spared. Others might even take advantage of the situation to launch an assault against another Earth nation.
However, we humans are a tenacious bunch... even though our technology is probably a good bit behind that possessed by anyone capable of traveling interstellar distances to reach our world, I'm sure that if they bleed, we'd kill some of them, at least.
So how would we, as a planet and as individuals, react to an overt, hostile (e.g. Hollywood-style) invasion that could, theoretically, be deterred?
1) There is no need for someone invade the primitive earth and it's inhabitants;
2) If the earth was needed to ET's, the takover would take place thousands years ago;
3) There is probably nothing that ET's want from such a race as humans, we have nothing that would cause an interest to them. And that's a fact, they maybe cannibals though.
Originally posted by CaptAvatar
IMHO, any alien starfaring race with malevolent intentions would grab a bunch of us to do scientific research, then design a virus that would selectively kill all of the humans on the planet. Why actually attack with weapons, put themselves at risk and destroy the real estate? Just seed the virus on every continent and wait for the maggots to clean up the mess.