I’m not a military historian (I’m not any kind of historian), but it strikes me that there are probably lots of examples of military planning which turned out to be for the wrong war or wrong technological environment. Like putting rams on ships in the late 19th Century:
No other ironclad was ever sunk by an enemy ship in time of war by the use of the ram, although the ram was regarded by all major navies for some 30 years as primary battleship armament. A number of ships were, however, rammed in peacetime by ships of their own navy.
On the other hand, Dwight Eisenhower said, “in preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.” So, it might make sense for MIRI to think about what interventions would be useful—even if nothing they think of is directly useful.
I’m not a military historian (I’m not any kind of historian), but it strikes me that there are probably lots of examples of military planning which turned out to be for the wrong war or wrong technological environment. Like putting rams on ships in the late 19th Century:
On the other hand, Dwight Eisenhower said, “in preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.” So, it might make sense for MIRI to think about what interventions would be useful—even if nothing they think of is directly useful.