The scenario depicted in 'White Sun War' is set in 2028 (four years from the time of the podcast recording) and assumes technological capability development, battery improvements, and battlefield imperative for autonomous systems that appear futuristic but are plausible given ongoing US and Chinese development and deployment of ground-based autonomous systems.

factualpending

Speaker

General Mick Ryan

Evidence Quote

both the Chinese and the Americans have done large scale experimentation and are rolling out groundbased autonomous systems

Source

Mick Ryan: This Is What The Next Great Power Conflict Will Look LikeDecoding Geopolitics Podcast with Dominik Presl
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:33:05 AM

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