“Technology has altered the face of war” (Globalization 101)—the world’s oldest exhibition, and running in perpetuity. Every facet of contemporary warfare has been technologically advanced with the cataclysmal intention of moderating soldier-to-soldier confrontation. The onset of World War One—hitherto an unparalleled conflict—prompted the world powers involved to “update” their wartime methodology. The result of these updates would ultimately birth the United States’ opportunity at world dominion.
Manipulating initially how combat was seen and prepared for were Observation Balloons: piloted hydrogen-filled blimps first popularized in the French Revolutionary War that were adopted primarily to enhance reconnaissance (Globalization 101). Eliminating altogether the level of soldier endangerment in surveillance operations came the advent of Radar just before the commencement of World War Two (the title being an amalgamation of “Radio Detection and Ranging”) (Globalization 101). Radar was the first invention to come of the twentieth century that largely impersonalized …show more content…
The receiving end will face the barrel of the gun. The improvements to intelligence gathering efforts have even become weaponized (i.e. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to Armed Drones), which propels this idea of videogame-likeness that modern warfare has become and desensitization it has induced. In short, modern weaponry has facilitated obsequious comradery to carnage; killing has become less painful. The only way to prevent these negative side-effects would be to prevent the weapons’ use—illegalize them, essentially. In spite of this, laughing at the proposition, these weapons will improve from technology and necessity both their components and