What's the coolest kind of warfare?

[mdwh]

I must admit I have a morbid fascination with the idea of nuclear war - films, stories, and reading about how nuclear weapons work (I hope they don't think I'm a would-be terrorist!), but in no sense is it cool.

Interesting that ancient/medieval war is so popular, and I wonder if this is somewhat based on the typical portrayal of this in films, which shows it generally being all nice and chivelrous with surprisingly little bloodshed shown, where as in reality I imagine it would be gruesomely bloody with limbs getting hacked off all over the place. But a Joan of Arc film (I think it was "The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc") I thought had a very graphic depiction of medieval battles.

Not that modern war is necessarily less gruesome, what with explosives and so on.

 

[Fugitive Sisyphus]

I fancy seeing fights using only Tropical Slippery Fruits, and the Edible Missiles.

Mandatory Monty Python Quote:

Sgt.:
Right. Bananas. How to defend yourself against a man armed with a banana. Now you, come at me with this banana. Catch! Now, it's quite simple to defend yourself against a man armed with a banana. First of all you force him to drop the banana; then, second, you eat the banana, thus disarming him. You have now rendered him 'elpless.

Palin:
Suppose he's got a bunch.

Sgt.:
Shut up.

 

[The Lombard]

Enormous stompy killbots for the win.

But nuclear warfare is pretty cool too, as is nanotech war and temporal war.

 

[bhsup]

Red ant vs. black ant.

 

[azzaman333]

Medieval. So many interesting weapons, interesting tactics, and no potential apocalypse

 

[Chunes]

The age of the phalanx, Roman legion, cavalry, etc intrigues me.

 

[Shaihulud]

Ever played Homeworld or watch the initial fight above Coruscant in episode 3? Spaceship battles are the coolest.b I voted GDR because its 2nd best, Supreme Commander is fun as well.

 

[Abaddon]

daisy bombs...

 

[Eukaryote]

I have decided that even though late industrial warfare is my favourite from the list, the coolest kind of war possible would be one where chainsaws were the only weapons allowed. Yes I am aware that most of the chainsaws would be damaged or broken on the battlefeild but that only make it cooler.