Although I gave this a 💯 I believe it's not about Global shipping routes because I don't believe we live on a ball spinning at 1000 mph.
Oil, maybe..
But it's most likely just a massive cull of the herd
Army robots will be cheaper to produce, feed and replace than millions of young men
Army robots won't need a pension or medical
Those soldiers are also going to get jabs, what they put in the jabs this time is anyone's guess
Spanish Flu again ? Or Russian Plague ?