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“Jean Baudrillard is a friend of mine, I do not agree with him on that one! For me, the significance of the war in Kosovo was that it was a war that moved into space.”

Quote by Paul Virilio

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Paul Virilio, born on January 4, 1932, is a French philosopher, cultural theorist, and urbanist. His research focuses on themes such as speed, technology, war, and urban environments, offering profound insights into the rapid changes and urbanization processes of modern society. more

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“For instance, the Persian Gulf War was a miniature world war. It took place in a small geographical area. In this sense it was a local war. But it was one that made use of all the power normally reserved for global war.”

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“However, the Kosovo War took place in orbital space. In other words, war now takes place in 'aero-electro-magnetic space'. It is equivalent to the birth of a new type of flotilla, a home fleet, of a new type of naval power, but in orbital space!”

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“GPS not only played a large and delocalizing role in the war in Kosovo but is increasingly playing a role in social life.”

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“May I remind you that the bombs that were dropped by the B-2 plane on the Chinese embassy or at least that is what we were told were GPS bombs. And the B-2 flew in from the US.”

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“GPS are everywhere. They are in cars. They were even in the half-tracks that, initially at least, were going to make the ground invasion in Kosovo possible.”

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“For all the sophistication of GPS, there still remain numerous problems with their use. The most obvious problem in this context is the problem of landmines. For example, when the French troops went into Kosovo they were told that they were going to enter in half-tracks, over the open fields. But their leaders had forgotten about the landmines. And this was a major problem because, these days, landmines are no longer localized.”

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“For the US, GPS are a form of sovereignty! It is hardly surprising, then, that the EU has proposed its own GPS in order to be able to localize and to compete with the American GPS.”

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“Sovereignty no longer resides in the territory itself, but in the control of the territory. And localisation is an inherent part of that territorial control.”

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“As I pointed out in The Art of the Motor and elsewhere, from now on we need two watches: a wristwatch to tell us what time it is and a GPS watch to tell us what space it is!”

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“Resistance is always possible! But we must engage in resistance first of all by developing the idea of a technological culture.”

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