Interesting how the previous war’s marginal weapon often becomes the next war’s main weapon.
Weapons that evolved this way: tanks, missiles (starting with V2s), drones.
Weapons that went straight to center-stage: aircraft (unless you count balloons), aircraft carriers, nukes.
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i feel like aircraft (ww1) could be argued as marginal & became center stage in ww2
definitely an importance increase?
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They were primitive but not marginal. Sopwiths and fokkers were used in vast quantities. Not effective enough to change doctrine but effective enough to shape the course of events.
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Folks are mentioning aircraft, but I'll add that nukes likely did the same. It was a spectacular end to WW2, but in lots of ways, THEY weren't even sure they were needed
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