Wired News: Cybertroops Keep War Games Real: "This month, as they have every summer for 31 years, hundreds of thousands of North Korean soldiers will pour over the border and advance on the South Korean capital of Seoul, while U.S. and South Korean troops scramble to repel them.
The invading troops, fortunately, are not real. They're the imaginary opponents in one of the world's largest war games, which the United States and the Republic of Korea hold annually. But even as the allies mobilize thousands of real soldiers for the exercise, thousands more, along with all the aircraft, will be strictly virtual. "

Commentary: This is the dark side of the Next 10 Years - technology in the service of killing. This commentator sees an emerging pattern of 'control technologies' that reveal geo-political ambitions of world domination and population control. Science fiction? Paranoia? What happens when the oil runs out, when there is not enough potable water, when food supplies dwindle, religious jihads flourish and the U.S. dollar tanks? Something to think about!