I'm not sure we shouldn't just skip "unmanned war" and go straight to a "virtual war" policy.
Nations could settle conflicts in a VR environment, with the losers having to give some economic and cultural concessions to the winners e.g. if Russia wins they get a better price for gas and we have to eat Borscht, and if the USA wins then they can increase the price of Oracle licenses and make us eat MacDonalds.
They could do this on a four-yearly basis, chosen to avoid the Olympics and World Cup perhaps.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
