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> Have you heard how the military makes a lot of technology that benefits society? No, not since World War 2. Examples?

• davrosthedalek 4y ago
  ARPANET and GPS come to mind. Both were developed with large military impetus.
  • hollerith 4y ago
    The jet engine would be another example.
    • davrosthedalek 4y ago
      Technically that was something invented before/in WW-II.
      • hollerith 4y ago
        True, both most of the development effort required to turn the tech into a practical transportation system happened after the war (and more than half of the funding came from militaries).
        • hollerith 4y ago
          both -> but
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