IF WE'RE INVADED BY A HOSTILE ALIEN CIVILIZATION,
WE'RE DOOMED... UNLESS WE CAN DEFEAT THEM.
Dr. Kaku: SOME SCIENTISTS DON'T FANCY OUR CHANCES.
FRANKLY, I THINK IF ALIENS DO GET HERE, WE'RE SCREWED.
BUT WITH SOME INGENIOUS IDEAS
AND SERIOUS ALIEN-BUSTING WEAPONS, WE MIGHT JUST SUCCEED.
AND, AS ALWAYS, SCI-FI FANS HAVE SOME BOLD IDEAS.
EVERY ENEMY HAS A WEAKNESS.
I'LL BE FIRST IN LINE TO TAKE THEM OUT.
AND I'M GONNA SHOW YOU HOW TO DO IT.
I'M DR. MICHIO KAKU.
I'M A THEORETICAL PHYSICIST
AND A SCIENCE-FICTION [Echoing] FAN.
JOIN ME AS I SHOW YOU HOW TO MAKE SCI-FI [Echoing] SCIENCE.
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IF THE ALIENS INVADED US TODAY,
WE WOULDN'T STAND A CHANCE.
OUR ARMIES AND WEAPONS COULD BE USELESS
AGAINST THEIR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE DEFENSELESS. WE'RE LIKE SITTING DUCKS.
WE COULD WIND UP AS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES
UNLESS WE TAKE STEPS NOW.
IN THE MOVIES, ALIENS ARE ALWAYS ATTACKING OUR PLANET.
IT'S A CLASSIC SCIENCE-FICTION SCENARIO
FAMILIAR TO ANY SCI-FI FAN.
SO MAYBE THEY'LL HAVE SOME IDEAS
ABOUT HOW WE COULD DEFEAT ALIEN INVADERS IF IT REALLY HAPPENS.
NOW, HERE'S THE QUESTION.
THE ALIENS HAVE LANDED.
THEY ARE HOSTILE, AND THEY'RE ATTACKING US.
WHAT DO WE DO? ROLL OVER AND DIE?
WHAT DO WE DO?
IF THEY COME AND SAY, "OH, WE COME IN PEACE,"
I DON'T THINK I TRUST THEM.
I'VE SEEN TOO MANY MOVIES.
MY FAVORITE ALIEN-INVASION MOVIE IS "WAR OF THE WORLDS,"
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS, ALTHOUGH THE ALIENS
ARE FAR SUPERIOR TO US AND CAN KICK OUR BUTTS,
WE STILL WIN.
BUT THAT'S SCIENCE FICTION.
IN THE REAL WORLD, THIS IS GONNA BE ONE HUGE CHALLENGE.
IF WE'RE TO HAVE ANY CHANCE TO DEFEAT THE ALIENS,
WE NEED THREE THINGS.
FIRST IS INTELLIGENCE.
WE HAVE TO PROBE THEIR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES.
WE HAVE TO KNOW WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY WANT.
SECOND -- DEFENSE.
WE HAVE TO REINFORCE LINES OF DEFENSE
TO PROTECT OUR HOME TERRITORY.
AND THIRD, IF THEY DO LAND ON THE EARTH,
WE NEED THE WEAPONS AND A STRATEGY FOR A COUNTERATTACK.
IF THE INVADERS ARE ON THEIR WAY,
IT'S VITAL THAT WE SEE THEM COMING.
TO HAVE ANY CHANCE AGAINST AN ALIEN INVASION,
I NEED AN EARLY WARNING SYSTEM.
A HUGE NETWORK OF EYES IN THE SKY
SO SENSITIVE THAT WE'LL NEVER BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD.
RADAR IS THE OBVIOUS CHOICE FOR AN EARLY WARNING SYSTEM.
IT'S A TRIED-AND-TRUE METHOD.
IT CAN DETECT OBJECTS MILLIONS OF MILES AWAY.
THE TRANSMITTER BEAMS OUT HIGH-FREQUENCY RADIO WAVES.
BY ANALYZING THE PROPERTIES OF THE WAVE THAT BOUNCES BACK,
THE RADAR SYSTEM IS ABLE TO PINPOINT AN OBJECT'S LOCATION
AND ITS SHAPE.
THE MILITARY WATCHES OUR SKIES WITH HIGH-POWERED RADAR.
MAYBE I CAN MODIFY IT
TO LOOK OUT FOR ALIEN INTRUDERS FROM OUTER SPACE.
BUT I NEED TO PATROL MUCH MORE THAN JUST OUR SKIES.
I MUST BE ABLE TO MONITOR OUR ENTIRE SOLAR SYSTEM,
BECAUSE AN ATTACK COULD COME FROM ANYWHERE IN THE UNIVERSE.
SO, LET'S SAY THIS SPHERE
REPRESENTS THE BOUNDARY OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM.
AND THE RADIUS IS ABOUT 6 TRILLION MILES.
AND MY EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
HAS TO BE ABLE TO SCAN THIS ENTIRE SPHERE.
THE AREA IS 4 PI "R" SQUARED.
SO IT'S GONNA BE 4 PI TIMES 6 TRILLION SQUARED,
AND THAT NUMBER IS ROUGHLY
6 TIMES 10 TO THE 26 SQUARE MILES.
THAT IS A STAGGERING AMOUNT OF REAL ESTATE TO COVER.
THERE'S NO WAY THAT RADAR SYSTEMS ON THE EARTH
CAN SCAN THAT VAST AMOUNT OF REAL ESTATE IN OUTER SPACE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SHORTCUT.
AT THE EDGE OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM IS THE OORT CLOUD,
A REGION OF HUGE COMETS.
THEY'RE LIKE READY-MADE SPACE STATIONS.
IF I PUT MY RADAR DISHES OUT ON THESE COMETS,
I'LL CREATE A NET OF RADAR AROUND OUR ENTIRE SOLAR SYSTEM.
I'LL BE ABLE TO DETECT INVADERS FROM ANY DIRECTION.
MY FEAR IS THAT I'M THINKING TOO MUCH
LIKE A SCI-FI MOVIE WRITER.
I'M ASSUMING THE INVADERS WILL BE ON THEIR WAY
IN GIANT MOTHER SHIPS.
BUT THEY COULD BE MUCH STEALTHIER THAN THAT.
AN ENEMY INVADING FORCE IS GONNA BE INTELLIGENT.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA SEND A MOTHER SHIP LIKE THIS.
WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO IS SEND TINY PROBES
TO SCOUT OUT THE TERRAIN.
NOW, LET'S SAY THAT THIS IS MY RADAR NET.
NOTICE THAT IT VERY EASILY CAN CATCH THE MOTHER SHIP.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT IF THEY SEND TINY PROBES,
THEY COULD BE SO SMALL, THEY GO RIGHT THROUGH MY RADAR NET.
WATCH THIS.
FOR MY SYSTEM TO WORK, IT MUST BE ABLE TO SEE ALL ALIEN CRAFT
NO MATTER HOW SMALL.
RADAR ALONE JUST ISN'T SENSITIVE ENOUGH.
I NEED A MACHINE THAT CASTS A MUCH FINER NET.
THAT'S WHERE X-RAYS COME IN.
X-RAYS ARE JUST LIKE RADIO AND RADAR, EXCEPT THEY'RE SMALLER.
TO DETECT A SMALLER OBJECT, YOU NEED A SMALLER WAVE.
X-RAYS ARE BILLIONS OF TIMES SMALLER THAN RADAR.
THEY CAN PICK UP PROBES THE SIZE OF A GRAIN OF SAND.
IT'S JUST WHAT I NEED.
I THINK I HAVE THE BASIS
FOR A VERY EFFECTIVE EARLY DETECTION SYSTEM.
I'M GONNA BUILD POWERFUL RADAR STATIONS IN THE OORT CLOUD.
WITH THESE, I CAN MONITOR OUR ENTIRE SOLAR SYSTEM
AND PICK UP ANY LARGE ALIEN SHIPS
APPROACHING FROM DEEP SPACE.
NEXT, I'LL PUT SENSITIVE X-RAY SCANNERS
ON BOARD SMALL FLYING ROBOTS.
THEY'LL BUZZ AROUND THE COMETS OF THE OORT CLOUD,
SEARCHING THAT ENORMOUS AREA FOR TINY ALIEN PROBES.
MY SYSTEM WILL SPOT THEM IN SPACE, BUT IT WON'T STOP THEM.
TO DO THAT, I'M GONNA NEED SOME SERIOUS FIREPOWER.
COMING UP, TO DEFEND EARTH,
I COME TO GRIPS WITH SOME FIGHTING TECHNIQUES...
YEAH. COME AT ME. TAKE ME ON.
...TRY OUT AN ALIEN-BUSTING WEAPON...
[ GUNSHOT ]
...AND GAMBLE WITH ARMAGEDDON.
WE NEED TO STOP THE ALIENS BEFORE THEY REACH THE EARTH.
OTHERWISE, CASUALTIES COULD BE ENORMOUS.
SO WE NEED A SOLID LINE OF DEFENSE.
LET'S SAY THAT THIS REPRESENTS THE EARTH.
AND LET'S SAY THAT THESE REPRESENT THE OUTER PLANETS.
AND THESE REPRESENT AN ALIEN INVADING FORCE.
THE QUESTION IS -- WHERE DO WE PUT OUR FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE?
WELL, HERE, WE HAVE THE OORT CLOUD OF COMETS
AT THE EDGE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
BUT IT'S TOO DIFFICULT TO DEFEND THAT LINE.
BETTER YET IS THE ASTEROID BELT...
A VAST BAND OF ROCKS THAT LIES JUST BEYOND THE EARTH
BETWEEN JUPITER AND MARS.
SOME OF THESE ASTEROIDS CAN BE MILES ACROSS,
IDEAL FOR A SPACE STATION.
THE PLANETS DON'T HAVE TO BE DEFENDED,
SO THIS IS OUR FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE.
THIS IS WHERE WE STAND AND FIGHT.
FROM THESE DEFENSIVE POSITIONS,
OUR FORCES MIGHT BE READY TO FIGHT BACK
THE MOMENT ALIEN INVADERS BEGIN ATTACKING.
BUT I JUST DON'T THINK OUR CURRENT TECHNOLOGY
IS UP TO THE CHALLENGE.
GUNS, TANKS, BOMBS -- THEY'RE LIKE TOYS AGAINST THEM.
THESE PARTICULAR SCI-FI FANS AGREE.
WE COULD SET UP AN EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
THAT WOULD TELL US THEY'RE COMING,
BUT IS THERE MUCH POINT IN KNOWING THAT THEY'RE COMING
WHEN THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT?
FRANKLY, I THINK IF ALIENS DO GET HERE,
WE'RE SCREWED REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE DO.
THEY'RE RIGHT TO BE WORRIED,
BECAUSE KEEPING THE ALIENS OFF OUR PLANET
IS GONNA TAKE MORE THAN A LITTLE GUNPOWDER.
YOU KNOW, AT FIRST, YOU SAY TO YOURSELF, "NO WAY.
"I MEAN, HOW CAN WE POSSIBLY GO UP AGAINST
AN ALIEN FLEET OF THAT POWER?"
BUT, YOU KNOW, THINGS CAN HAPPEN,
BECAUSE IF WE CAN MAKE THINGS UNPLEASANT FOR THE ALIENS,
THE ALIENS ARE NOT GONNA BE DEFEATED.
THEY'RE SIMPLY GONNA SAY, "IT'S NOT WORTH IT.
"IT'S NOT WORTH BLOWING UP THESE PESKY EARTHLINGS,
BECAUSE THEY PUT UP A FIGHT."
I MUST ARM OUR FORCES WITH THE RIGHT WEAPON FOR THAT FIGHT.
IT NEEDS TO BE RELIABLE, LOW MAINTENANCE,
AND CAPABLE OF CAUSING MAXIMUM DAMAGE TO THE INVADING FLEET.
[ GUN COCKS ]
I BELIEVE THE ANSWER IS LASERS.
ONE ADVANTAGE THAT LASER BEAMS HAVE
OVER PROJECTILES AND MISSILES IS SPEED.
MISSILES TRAVEL AT MAYBE 18,000 MILES PER HOUR,
MAYBE 40,000 MILES PER HOUR AT THE MAXIMUM.
LIGHT TRAVELS AT 186,000 MILES PER SECOND.
SO LASER LIGHT LEAVES MISSILES IN THE DUST.
[ GUN COCKS ]
[ GUNSHOT ]
THE POWER OF THIS WEAPON COMES FROM A CHEMICAL EXPLOSION
WHICH DRIVES THE PROJECTILE DOWN THIS TUBE.
THIS LASER BEAM IS LOW INTENSITY
AND IS ONLY USED FOR AIMING PURPOSES.
HOWEVER, IF I COULD PACK THE ENERGY OF THIS EXPLOSION
ONTO THE LASER BEAM ITSELF,
I WOULD HAVE A SUPERPOWERFUL LASER CANNON.
I'M CERTAIN MY LASER CANNONS
WOULD BE EFFECTIVE AGAINST SMALL ALIEN CRAFT.
BUT WOULD THEY BE A MATCH FOR THE MOTHER SHIP?
FOR SOMETHING THAT BIG,
I THINK I'LL NEED AN ALTOGETHER BIGGER WEAPON.
WE COULD LAUNCH THOUSANDS OF NUCLEAR BOMBS
FROM OUR BASE IN THE ASTEROID BELT
DIRECTLY AT THE ALIEN SHIP.
BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S A PROBLEM.
DETONATING A NUCLEAR BOMB IN DEEP SPACE IS NOT SO DRAMATIC.
YES, THERE'S RADIATION,
BUT THERE'S NO BLAST OR SHOCK WAVE FOR THE SAME REASON THAT,
IN OUTER SPACE, NOBODY CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM.
THERE'S NO AIR TO CONDUCT THE BLAST.
HOWEVER, IF YOU DETONATE THE BOMB
JUST OUTSIDE THE ATMOSPHERE,
YOU COULD PARALYZE THE ENTIRE ALIEN FLEET.
A NUCLEAR BLAST CREATES AN ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE,
OR E.M.P., A WAVE OF INVISIBLE PARTICLES
CREATED WHEN RADIATION COLLIDES WITH AIR MOLECULES.
IT'S LETHAL TO ALL KNOWN ELECTRONICS.
DETONATE MULTIPLE BOMBS JUST OUTSIDE OUR ATMOSPHERE,
AND WE'D BE SAFE FROM THE RADIATION,
BUT WE'D STILL HAVE A MASSIVE E.M.P.
TRICKY, BUT I THINK WE CAN PULL IT OFF.
I BELIEVE I HAVE TWO TACTICS
THAT WILL GIVE THE EARTH A SOLID LINE OF DEFENSE.
FIRST, I'LL POSITION LASER CANNONS
ON THE MASSIVE ROCKS IN THE ASTEROID BELT.
TO POWER THEM, I'LL MELT THE ICE LOCKED IN THE ASTEROIDS
AND USE THE WATER TO FUEL FUSION REACTORS.
IF SOME OF THE INVADERS MAKE IT THROUGH,
I'LL INITIATE MY SECOND STRATEGY.
I'LL LAUNCH HUNDREDS OF NUCLEAR BOMBS FROM THE EARTH
TO CREATE A BLANKET OF E.M.P. AROUND OUR PLANET.
ALIEN SHIPS SHOULD BE STOPPED DEAD IN THEIR TRACKS.
BUT WHAT IF THE ALIENS ARE SO ADVANCED,
THEY DON'T EVEN USE ELECTRONICS?
THEN THEY MIGHT PUNCH A HOLE THROUGH THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE,
FLOOD THE EARTH WITH THEIR WEAPONS,
AND THAT'S A TERRIFYING THOUGHT.
Man: THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD MOBILIZED THEIR ARMED MIGHT,
RUSHING TO DEFEND THE EARTH AGAINST THE UNKNOWN WEAPONS
OF THE SUPER RACE.
I'VE DESIGNED AN EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
WITH TWO LINES OF DEFENSE.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY MAKE IT THROUGH TO THE EARTH?
Dr. Kaku: MY FELLOW SCIENTISTS THINK THAT IF THAT HAPPENS,
WE'LL BE IN SERIOUS TROUBLE.
IF THE ALIENS ARRIVE WITH GUNS BLAZING,
WE SHOULD SURRENDER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
ANY ALIEN THAT CAN TRAVEL BETWEEN THE STARS
IS SO FAR TECHNOLOGICALLY BEYOND US,
THEY HAVE SUCH ENERGY AVAILABLE TO THEM,
THAT WE'RE NOT EVEN BUGS TO THEM.
THEY DO HAVE A POINT.
WE COULD BE TALKING ABOUT
A SO-CALLED GALACTIC CIVILIZATION,
AND THAT'S BAD NEWS FOR PLANET EARTH.
Dr. Kaku: OUR TECHNOLOGY IS SO PRIMITIVE
THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY CLOSER TO ANTS
THAN WE ARE TO A GALACTIC CIVILIZATION.
OUR PROJECTILES AND BOMBS WOULD BE USELESS AGAINST THEM.
TO DEFEAT THE ALIENS, WE HAVE TO FIND THEIR ACHILLES' HEEL.
WE KNOW NOW THAT WE CAN'T BEAT THEIR MACHINES.
WE'VE GOT TO BEAT THEM.
I THINK THE WEAK LINK IN THE INVADING GROUND FORCES
COULD BE THE ALIENS THEMSELVES.
I NEED A WEAPON THAT TARGETS THE ALIEN SOLDIERS
RATHER THAN THEIR MACHINES.
BOB HAZEN IS AN EXPERT
IN THE EVOLUTION OF LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS.
I'LL NEED TO FIND OUT EVERYTHING I CAN
ABOUT THE BIOLOGY OF THE INVADERS.
LIFE ON OTHER WORLDS COULD LOOK VERY STRANGE.
BUT WE THINK IT'S GONNA SHARE
SOME VERY KEY CHARACTERISTICS WITH EARTH -- WATER.
WATER IS THE ESSENTIAL MEDIUM FOR LIFE.
IT'S THE THING THAT ALLOWS THE ATOMS AND THE ENERGY
TO COME TOGETHER SO THE CELLS CAN FORM.
THE IDEA THAT WATER
COULD BE A FUNDAMENTAL PART OF ALIEN BIOLOGY
IS A KEY PIECE OF INTEL.
IF I FACTOR THAT INTO MY WEAPON DESIGN,
IT COULD GIVE ME AN EDGE.
I NEED TO DESIGN THE ULTIMATE SCI-FI WEAPON,
SO I NEED TO CHECK IN WITH THE SCIENCE-FICTION FANS.
IN YOUR ARSENAL, YOU DEFINITELY WANT
EVERY VARIETY OF RAY GUN, PROTON PACK.
BULLETS DON'T SEEM TO REALLY WORK ON ALIENS
THAT WE'VE SEEN SO FAR.
WEAPON OF CHOICE?
THE PHASER, DIFFERENT SETTINGS --
STUN, KILL, BLOW A HOLE THROUGH SOMEONE.
BULLETS DON'T WORK. I THINK PHASERS WOULD.
[ AIR-RAID SIREN WAILS ]
PHASERS AND RAY GUNS ARE A STAPLE OF SCI-FI,
BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY BASED ON SOME SOLID SCIENCE.
AN ORDINARY PROJECTILE WEAPON
WOULD BOUNCE RIGHT OFF THE ARMOR OF AN ADVANCED ALIEN.
NOW, MICROWAVE-BEAM WEAPONS ARE DIFFERENT.
MICROWAVE-BEAM WEAPONS HEAT UP THE WATER MOLECULES,
MAKE THEM VIBRATE, AND THEY PENETRATE,
PENETRATE RIGHT INTO THE INSIDE OF THE ALIEN.
NOW, IF YOU HEAT ENOUGH WATER MOLECULES,
PUMP UP THE ENERGY, THEN THE WATER STARTS TO BOIL.
WITH THE ALIEN BOILING FROM THE INSIDE,
THE ALIEN THEN BEGINS TO EXPLODE.
NOW, IN SMALL QUANTITIES,
MICROWAVES CAN BE USED TO COOK YOUR DINNER.
IN LARGE QUANTITIES, IT COULD COOK THEIR GOOSE.
THE SCI-FI FANS WERE RIGHT.
TO VAPORIZE AN ALIEN, THERE'S ONLY ONE WEAPON UP TO THE JOB.
MY RAY GUN WILL BE POWERFUL, LIGHTWEIGHT, AND HANDHELD.
IT WILL USE LAYERS OF NANOBATTERIES
THAT GENERATE A SOLID BEAM OF MICROWAVES
THAT COULD EASILY VAPORIZE AN ALIEN SOLDIER.
A RAY GUN IS GOOD FOR PICKING OFF INDIVIDUAL ALIENS,
BUT IT'S NOT GONNA WORK AGAINST AN INVADING ARMY.
TO FIND OUT MORE, GO TO...
IF THE ALIENS LAND ON OUR PLANET,
THEN HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT IS NOT GONNA CUT IT.
IF WE'RE UP AGAINST A VERY ADVANCED CIVILIZATION,
THEN NO MATTER HOW MANY ENERGY-BEAM WEAPONS WE GIVE OUR SOLDIERS,
IT WON'T BE ENOUGH TO LIBERATE THE EARTH.
TO LIBERATE THE PLANET FROM THE INVADING ALIENS,
I NEED AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT APPROACH.
WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I USED TO TAKE JUDO LESSONS,
AND, IN MY OPINION, OF ALL THE MARTIAL ARTS,
I THINK IT'S THE MOST SKILLFUL, THE MOST ELEGANT,
BECAUSE BRUTE STRENGTH ACCOUNTS FOR ALMOST NOTHING.
IN FACT, IT COULD EVEN BE YOUR DOWNFALL.
THE PRINCIPLE IS TO USE YOUR OPPONENT'S STRENGTH AGAINST HIM
AND TO ADAPT QUICKLY TO CHANGE.
IF YOU'RE WEAKER,
A PERFECTLY PLACED FOOT AND THE SMALLEST SIDE STEP
ARE ALL THAT'S NEEDED TO SEND HIM CRASHING TO THE GROUND.
TO OVERCOME A SUPERIOR ALIEN FORCE,
I HAVE TO USE THE PRINCIPLES OF JUDO.
THE HARDER THEY STRIKE, THE MORE IT BENEFITS THE EARTH.
FIRST, I'LL RELEASE DROVES OF FLYING SENSORS INTO THE AIR
TO GATHER INFORMATION.
AND THEN I'LL CLOTHE MY SOLDIERS, MY TANKS,
MY ARTILLERY SHELLS WITH SmartSkin,
ONE MOLECULE THICK FULL OF SENSORS.
SO WHEN THE ALIENS ATTACK,
THE VERY FABRIC OF MY SOLDIERS' ARMOR
WILL BE GATHERING INFORMATION FROM EVERY SHOT FIRED.
IF THE ALIENS USE PARTICLE-BEAM WEAPONS,
THE SmartSkin WILL RECORD THE PROPERTIES OF THE BEAM.
IF THEY USE EXPLOSIVES,
I'LL KNOW WHAT CHEMICALS THEY WERE MADE FROM.
THIS VITAL DATA WILL ALLOW ME TO LOOK FOR A WEAK SPOT
IN THE ALIEN ARSENAL.
THE MORE THEY FIRE THEIR WEAPONS,
THE MORE THEY REVEAL ABOUT THEIR SYSTEMS,
JUST LIKE THE BORG IN "STAR TREK."
WE WILL BE A MASSIVE DATA-ABSORBING MACHINE
THAT WILL PROBE THEIR WEAKNESSES
AND PREPARE FOR THE FINAL EARTH-LIBERATING COUNTERATTACK.
NOT ME, NOT ME, NOT ME! NO, NO!
BUT RIGHT NOW, I'VE GOT TO PREPARE TO REVEAL MY PLANS
TO THE SCIENCE-FICTION FANS.
IF ANYONE STANDS A CHANCE AT FIGURING IT OUT,
I HAVE FAITH IN THE GOOD DOCTOR.
Dr. Kaku: HOLLYWOOD INVASION MOVIES HAVE RAISED OUR EXPECTATIONS.
THERE'S ALWAYS THIS BATTLE ROYALE AT THE END
BETWEEN EVENLY MATCHED ADVERSARIES --
THE KLINGONS VERSUS THE FEDERATION.
BUT IN REALITY, IT'S GONNA BE QUITE DIFFERENT.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE A DAVID VERSUS GOLIATH.
IT'S GONNA BE MORE LIKE BAMBI VERSUS GODZILLA.
AND THE QUESTION IS --
CAN WE USE THE ENEMY'S STRENGTH AGAINST HIM?
IS MY DESIGN ENOUGH?
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
LET ME ASK YOU GUYS A QUESTION.
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN THE MOVIE "INDEPENDENCE DAY"?
RAISE YOUR HANDS.
[ CHEERING ]
WELL, YOU'RE ALL BRAINWASHED.
[ LAUGHTER ]
BECAUSE HOLLYWOOD SEEMS TO SAY THAT,
"HEY, IF YOU'RE PURE OF HEART, YOU, TOO, CAN TAKE ON ALIENS
THAT ARE A MILLION YEARS MORE ADVANCED THAN US."
NO WAY. I MEAN, GIVE ME A BREAK.
SO, HOW ARE WE GONNA DO IT?
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE SENSORS, SENSORS EVERYWHERE.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DRAW SOME LINES OF DEFENSE.
BUT, HEY, LET'S BE REAL.
IF THEY'RE THAT ADVANCED,
THEY'RE GONNA ROLL OVER OUR DEFENSES.
THEY'RE GONNA PENETRATE THROUGH OUR WEAPONS SYSTEM.
SO HERE'S MY DESIGN.
I'M GONNA SHOW YOU HOW WE CAN REALLY DEFEAT THE ALIENS.
THE MOMENT THE INVADERS BREAK THROUGH OUR DEFENSES,
I'LL PLACE TEAMS OF ANALYSTS IN UNDERGROUND BUNKERS.
THEIR ROLE WILL BE TO STUDY EVERY DETAIL OF THE ATTACK.
THE ALIENS WILL BE FAR SUPERIOR IN THEIR TECHNOLOGY.
THEY WILL HAVE MACHINES AND WEAPONS
FAR BEYOND ANYTHING WE CAN IMAGINE.
THEY INVADE THE EARTH. YEAH, THEY COME AT US.
YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE A SLAUGHTER, RIGHT?
THEY'RE WIPING OUT ALL OUR EQUIPMENT
WITH THEIR BEAM WEAPONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WRONG.
OUR TANKS AND SOLDIERS ARE COVERED IN SmartSkin
PACKED WITH SENSORS.
SO WHAT WE'RE REALLY DOING
IS COLLECTING DATA ON THE PROPERTIES OF THEIR WEAPONS
AND THEIR ATTACK STRATEGY.
USING QUANTUM COMPUTERS,
WE'LL PROCESS THE DATA FROM THESE SENSORS
TO PINPOINT THE ALIENS' WEAK SPOTS.
AND THEN THE FINAL COUNTERATTACK.
WE HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT TECHNOLOGIES THE ALIENS WILL POSSESS,
BUT MY PLAN WILL GIVE US THE TIME AND DATA WE NEED
TO DEFEND OURSELVES.
IT WILL GIVE US A FIGHTING CHANCE
TO DRIVE THE ALIENS FROM OUR PLANET AND LIBERATE THE EARTH.
AND THIS IS HOW I'LL DEFEAT THE ALIENS.
[ CHEERING ]
I WOULD ABSOLUTELY GO FIGHT THOSE ALIENS.
I WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE IN.
Man: IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GETTING OUR ASSES KICKED,
BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY PROBING THEM AND FINDING OUT ABOUT THEM.
I FIND THAT TO BE A VERY SMART MOVE.
I THINK MICHIO KAKU'S IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO DEFEND THE EARTH
AGAINST ALIEN ATTACK WAS TRULY AMAZING.
HIS IDEAS ARE RIGHT ON THE MONEY.