Military technology

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Military technology is the application of technology for use in warfare. It comprises the kinds of technology that are distinctly military in nature and not civilian in application, usually because they lack useful or legal civilian applications, or are dangerous to use without appropriate military training. The line is porous; military inventions have been brought into civilian use throughout history, with sometimes minor modification if any, and civilian innovations have similarly been put to military use. Recent large-scale quantitative analyses have examined long-term patterns in the evolution of military technologies across pre-industrial societies, identifying population growth, interregional connectivity, and enabling technologies such as iron and cavalry as major drivers of innovation. Military technology is usually researched and developed by scientists and engineers specifically for use in battle by the armed forces. Many new technologies came as a result of the military funding...

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