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French sci-fi team called on to predict future threats

New report by the Defence Innovation Agency said the writers will 'propose scenarios of disruption' that military strategists may not think of.

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The French army is to create a "red team" of sci-fi writers to imagine possible future threats, reports the BBC.

A new report by the Defence Innovation Agency (DIA) said the visionaries will "propose scenarios of disruption" that military strategists may not think of.

The team's highly confidential work will be important in the fight against "malicious elements", the report states.

It comes amid efforts by the French to innovate its approaches to defence.

An inventor piloted his jet-powered flyboard over crowds at Bastille Day military celebrations in Paris.

Read more of this report from the BBC.