And we had rockets before WWII! (They were invented by the chinese around 1000 years ago) The big leap in technology still happened during, and mostly because

And we had rockets before WWII! (They were invented by the chinese around 1000 years ago) The big leap in technology still happened during, and mostly because of, the requirements of war. It's obviously too early to decide if drones is going to be the quintessential example of peace dividend technology to come out of the war on terror, but it's disingenuous to suggest there isn't going to be one (or several).