Monday, March 8, 2010 Defense TeChNoloGy 2 World War II As you all know, war is a period where most inventions happen. This is because every country is competing with each other to build more and better weapons and defenses. The world war II period is an example of such a situation. In this period,rockets were improved with better accuracy and firepower, further improvements were made to guns, and tanks were improved, equipped with shells. Aircraft was also made better and faster, as were gunboats and submarines. As you all know, at the end of world war II signalled the start of a new age: the nuclear age, following the invention of the nuclear bomb and major advancements in molecular sciences. This age improved a lot of things as it provides large amounts of energy. For example the nuclear engine was invented in this nuclear age.