The trajectory of weapons development also fundamentally changed. We had like one to one conflict, then we figured out how to make that slightly more destructive with things like trebuchets and catapults. I think there's this assumption that we just we were just going to keep going. But the reality is it's actually going backwards. All of the tech development that's happened since since the 40s has been precision guided weapons.

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