End of Days is the quintessential thinking persons book.
The movie Broken_Arrow had some interesting implications.
"Set in the year 2012, HAWX is set amidst a world filled with private military corporations..."
VR technology might eventually take information from dreams & nightmares & run various scenarios. http://www.dreams.ca/
There are all sorts of disaster scenarios & war games that have been developed through the years. From Hollywood movies to military scenarios like Operation_Northwoods.