> There's a Neal Stephenson short story about this, where some warlike and somewhat primitive aliens attack Earth, and are easily defeated by our far-superior w

> There's a Neal Stephenson short story about this, where some warlike and somewhat primitive aliens attack Earth, and are easily defeated by our far-superior weaponry... Is that maybe The Road Not Taken by Harry Turtledove? https://eyeofmidas.com/scifi/Turtledove_RoadNotTaken.pdf https://eyeofmidas.com/scifi/Turtledove_RoadNotTaken.pdf