Monday, March 8, 2010 Defense TeChNoloGy Well as the title says, i will be blogging on defense technologies for my LA ace. Well to start off, we ask ourselves this question: When were the first weapons and defenses introduced? The first weapons generally came with the stone age, where humans discovered that stone can be used to assist in their work. The bow and arrow was invented during this period. The next advancement is the bronze age, where swords and daggers were introduced. This happened somewhere in the 3rd millennium BC, however we are not so particular about time now.
Right, now moving on to the improvements made to weapons. The third major advancement is in the iron age, where humans "upgraded" their bronze swords to iron swords, armour was also invented during this period and the bow and arrow was improved, with iron replacing stone for arrowheads. The next major advancement in weapons' technology is the discovery of gunpowder and with them came the guns and cannons. This is getting closer to the modern age. The cannons replaced catapults and other ancient war machines.
Following that comes the World War I and the invention of gunships, submarines, blimps and aircraft. Improvements were also made to guns and machine guns and sniper rifles were introduced. The tank was also introduced in this period but it is only until world war two that it actually had a large use.
The next major advancement in weapons' technology is the discovery of gunpowder and with them came the guns and cannons. This is getting closer to the modern age. The cannons replaced catapults and other ancient war machines.
