Technology and Warfare

Technology has always been used to improve tools of warfare. In the modern age, research in science has enabled development of new technology and innovations for both military and civilian use. The society and the nature of warfare both has had effects. To subjugate and colonize other nations, the European nation used their superior technology. Since the days of invasion by Babur, foreigners have exploited their superior technology and at times, reflect on the history of the Indian subcontinent. Post-modern age or knowledge age, which is being referred to as the present age, is unfolding an unprecedented revolution in technologies. These technologies have not only initiated a revolution in military affairs but have also touched myriad activities in the civil field. Over the centuries, warfare progressed from wars between tribal societies to warfare between societies based on the economy and further to warfare between industrialized societies. From fighting with bows and arrows to rifles, guns, tanks, aircraft and missiles, mankind has progressed successfully. Though slow and gradual, scientific and technological advanced in the 18th and 19th centuries, and were dramatic in the 20th century.