Can the Military defeat an alien invasion.

It may seem like the answer is no but there are many variables. Depending on what level their technology is on. Our guns may seem like stone age weapons do to us. If they're like Covenant kind that glass planets, we wouldn't stand a chance unless we managed to hijack one of their ships and reverse engineer it to create our own. If it is a super advanced Forerunner Empire, Let me just say, I hope they like kittens.

Well, I guess that settles that.

Originally posted by AgentJay04
there are [too] many variables.

No. Even in fiction, Earth militaries only defeat alien invasions because of plot devices (like in ID4) or because of alien infighting + plot devices (like in V).

War of the Worlds had the best device in humanity surviving an alien invasion, imo.

If an alien race can travel from their star system to ours, then there technology is far beyond us. It would be like a modern day army going up against rocks and spears. They would wipe us out if they wished to.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worldwar_series

something like this

Yes, they can. I've done it many times already commanding so-called "elite" troops in the game XCOM: EU and XCOM: EW on the hardest level. 😛

Originally posted by Omega Vision
No. Even in fiction, Earth militaries only defeat alien invasions because of plot devices (like in ID4) or because of alien infighting + plot devices (like in V).

Originally posted by AgentJay04
It may seem like the answer is no but there are many variables. Depending on what level their technology is on. Our guns may seem like stone age weapons do to us. If they're like Covenant kind that glass planets, we wouldn't stand a chance unless we managed to hijack one of their ships and reverse engineer it to create our own. If it is a super advanced Forerunner Empire, Let me just say, I hope they like kittens.

The answer is of course no we couldn't defeat an alien invasion, even if every military on the planet joined forces.

Scary thing is some people think we could Vietnam these aliens. As in, do what the vietcong did: not able to win a war and lacking the gear their opponents did..their knowledge of their surroundings, etc. allowed them to fend off the "invaders". They think we could do something similar with aliens. The problem is the gap between the tech of the vietcong and US military is utterly miniscule compared to our technology and the tech needed to traverse galaxies.

Everyone's covered the ehy of the no.

Originally posted by Robtard
War of the Worlds had the best device in humanity surviving an alien invasion, imo.

Depends on their goal. If it's simply to wipe out everything then there's probably nothing we could do. Chances are their tech would allow them to do it without us even knowing they were there. If it's to capture the planet for resources then we could probably **** things up enough that it wouldn't be worth their effort then they'd probably wipe everything out anyway.

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
If an alien race can travel from their star system to ours, then there technology is far beyond us. It would be like a modern day army going up against rocks and spears. They would wipe us out if they wished to.

Originally posted by Omega Vision
I've been a spectator to a really involved argument (on a school bus no less) about whether that ending makes any scientific sense. One guy was saying that it wouldn't have worked because there's no guarantee earth bacteria would be compatible with alien lifeforms. I'm not a biologist so I can't comment.

I thought it was a virus or a combination of viruses that took out the aliens, at least in the remake. Can't remember in the original.

Though I guess that same argument would still stand, unless one could argue that an earth bound virus had viral sex with an alien virus they carried and the hybrid-virus is what killed them.

edit: You should have calmly risen from your seat, walked over nonchalantly and *****-slapped that kid while saying "It's just a movie, nerd!"

Originally posted by Robtard
I thought it was a virus or a combination of viruses that took out the aliens, at least in the remake. Can't remember in the original.

Though I guess that same argument would still stand, unless one could argue that an earth bound virus had viral sex with an alien virus they carried and the hybrid-virus is what killed them.

edit: You should have calmly risen from your seat, walked over nonchalantly and *****-slapped that kid while saying "It's just a movie, nerd!"

The wouldn't need to because everyone knows Aliens can't even survive in our atmosphere. 😬

Originally posted by Mindset
What if the aliens are from our moon?

Then we are doomed. Because there are no aliens on the moon, as far as we can tell. Imagine fighting an enemy that you can't see.

Originally posted by Omega Vision
Well that second theory isn't applicable because in the book it says that the Martians have eradicated all viruses and harmful bacteria on Mars. Of course, this is the (non-omniscient) narrator's claim, and isn't necessarily factual.

You book nerd, you.

But I assume the writer was using that as being their downfall, their actions effectively made them vulnerable. Stupid Martians.

Originally posted by Robtard
You book nerd, you.

But I assume the writer was using that as being their downfall, their actions effectively made them vulnerable. Stupid Martians.