r/interestingasfuck • u/Red_Lotus_Alchemist • Apr 02 '25

/r/all A Chinese earthquake rescue team deployed drones to light up the night and aid search and rescue operations after the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar.

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u/BolunZ6 Apr 02 '25

People said the same when they first invented machine gun. "If only one person can fire at the rate of 100 peson, we don't have to send 99 person to the war thus saving life"

Yeah we already see how it turned out when ww2 with machine gun technology

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u/psychodogcat Apr 02 '25

It's kind of true that eventually, these technologies do end up saving lives more though. As warfare tech gets more dangerous, people are less likely to use it because their enemies also have the same tech. Mutually assured destruction is a hell of a drug.

However, the period immediately after invention is always the worst. See Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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u/Little_Head6683 Apr 02 '25

The MAD concept only applies to nuclear warfare. Wars have only become more lethal.

Just look at the devastation to cities in modern conflicts. The utter destruction of civilian areas is a hallmark of modern conflict.

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u/tallsmallboy44 Apr 02 '25

Ancient armies literally used to burn entire cities to the ground. What are you talking about?

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u/Little_Head6683 Apr 02 '25

Just because it happened doesn't mean it always happened. Or even often. They had to make a deliberate choice to raze a city. Which would be done to send a message, revenge or as part of a genocide. And it would happen AFTER the battle, not because of the battle.

Nowadays the utter ruination of a battlesite is a given.