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This paper examines the relevance of Clauewitzian theory in future warfare. The author explores whether Clausewitzian friction will succumb to the changes in the cutting-edge warfare that may lie ahead, or whether such impediments reflect more enduring aspects of war that technology can affect only marginally. The author’s central argument states that friction is unlikely to be eliminated from future war regardless of technological advance and argues that such a hypothesis implies a progression towards a mature, empirically based theory of war. In conclusion, the author supports the argument that evolutionary biology is a better model for military theory than classical or quantum physics.