It happened with the telegraph in the Crimean War, with radio in World War I, and with radar in World War II. The terrible war, despite its tremendous evils, encourages innovation.
An interesting geopolitical reading that I have read lately is that the war in Ukraine could have a chilling parallel with the Spanish civil war: being the technological testing laboratory and prelude to a world-scale war. Let's hope that is not the case, but it would not be unreasonable to be prepared.
As you say, war has always been a huge driver of innovation. But, in a way, it might be related to the level of investment that countries put into that innovation for an urgent matter (winning the war).
If we ever manage to invest (invest for real) on innovation without the pressure of war, I believe any country would be able to achieve the same goals. I hope one day we will be able to prove this.
Although some countries cannot develop their defense industry, they can acquire equipment from third countries, but they'll never reach to their military development.
exactly, this war is a technological laboratory. Actually, what I'm afraid is whether countries will provoke different wars to test their new technologies and help develop them. The thesis that countries are defending is that the more they invest in defense, the less battles there are, due to the deterrence.
It happened with the telegraph in the Crimean War, with radio in World War I, and with radar in World War II. The terrible war, despite its tremendous evils, encourages innovation.
An interesting geopolitical reading that I have read lately is that the war in Ukraine could have a chilling parallel with the Spanish civil war: being the technological testing laboratory and prelude to a world-scale war. Let's hope that is not the case, but it would not be unreasonable to be prepared.
As you say, war has always been a huge driver of innovation. But, in a way, it might be related to the level of investment that countries put into that innovation for an urgent matter (winning the war).
If we ever manage to invest (invest for real) on innovation without the pressure of war, I believe any country would be able to achieve the same goals. I hope one day we will be able to prove this.
certainly, war innovation is not fair.
Although some countries cannot develop their defense industry, they can acquire equipment from third countries, but they'll never reach to their military development.
exactly, this war is a technological laboratory. Actually, what I'm afraid is whether countries will provoke different wars to test their new technologies and help develop them. The thesis that countries are defending is that the more they invest in defense, the less battles there are, due to the deterrence.