Apart from the rifle, what other invention of the 20th century has revolutionised warfare ?

nounou

the atom bomb

Blathers

Aircraft & the tank

SpiderMan79x

Missile technology, Nuclear weapons, Chemical warfare, Fighter jets and bombers.

dink2006

The Tank

Gunther

laser guided missiles

fivetoze

biological weapons. chemical weapons, and computer aided delivery systems...

Pig

Amm The Nuclear bomb maybe

mudmarine

The rifle goes back to the 1700's .
20th century gave birth to a huge change in warfare .
The GREATEST CHANGE was in MEDICAL CARE for the wounded and sick . These advances flowed into the civilian world, saving millions of lives worldwide .

Shane L

The rifle wasn't invented in the 20th century. I am pretty sure it came about in the 1800s.

In the 20th century, it would certainly be the advent of Air Power, in all it's forms. Every conflict since WWI has had air power as one of the crucial factors in determining victory.

I Hate Liberals

Chemical Warfare

iain

This is not an answer but a correction, the rifle dates long
before the 20th. century. Now for the answer, spy satellites
are by far the most single revolutionary invention, or should
I say development, in the 20th century. It allows you to set
up strategy, avoid killing or destroying harmless targets, and
in general to deploy troops and equipment in an intelligent
manner. The end of it all means lives and lots of money
saved apart from being a deterrent to possible offenders.

tonyinspain

everything that ww2 caused to be invented was brought into the 20thcentury including jet fighters rockets,helicopters.the 1940s advanced 20 years in technology because of war and each war advances us nearer to self destruction.

michael b

Moden telecommunications

mat67

Armoured warfair and Air warfair.

Dumbledore

It would have to be aircraft, since the use of them in the First World War, for bombing and surveillance, to the expansion of their uses in the Second World War, the scale of battles to the devastation wrought by aircraft by bombing alone, the wiping out of entire cities, Dresden in Germany a point in question. To their use in modern warfare, most of the raids in the first Gulf War were by aircraft, pinpoint bombing of strategic sites... Modern warfare would not be able to be waged on such a wide area if it were not for planes.

azile_wehttam

There are many. What type of invention are you curious about? weapons, vehicles, uniform??

valerierackly

The media. instant access to the internet and telephone technology, and also satalite communication.

Kevin F

The tank.

max_sterling003

artillery, body armor, combat medic, helicopter and other aircraft, gunboat, aircraft carriers, MRE, parachutes, Utility Uniforms, tactical strategy, night vision, sattelite imagery, tanks......etc. Theres been a lot of inventions that revolutionized warfare since the beginnings. Dont really know what youre getting at.

Sir Sidney Snot

Cannabis

pensterx

There are two correct answers

1 Tank. It brought to an end the static warfare of WWI and brought the imfamaous Blitzkrieg strategy of the Germans to the fore. The Tank essentially allowed relatively small groups of infantry to travel along side it and take and hold positions that would later be reinforced by larger numbers.

2 The fighter bomber. This was the basic countermeasure to the tank. Armed with rockets the fighter bomber in WW2 was essential in for taking out armoured support to allow for ground supieriority. This was developed further with jet fighters and the guided rockets that they were armed with. Lets face it the plane it the tank of 21st Century. It is fast, sometimes invisible to radar and can deliver huge payloads over long distances. What army can survive without such a weapon?

Daryl E

I'd say other than more advanced weaponry (and if your look at the basic actions of our rifles, pistols, machine guns, they really haven't altered all that much since WWII, the action of the M9 is directly lifted from the German P-38) would have to be the internal combustion engine (which lets tanks, trucks, ships go since those designs had been designed since Da Vinci's time), advanced communications (I was able to call/e-mail home while in Iraq), and a better understanding of medical care (quicker return time, better survivability)

budda m

RADAR meep meep meep

Was the best as it meant commands could be sent back and forth without having to rely on people/horses/couriers. Different fighting units, air, sea and land could be co-ordinated.

henke

The fixed wing aircraft.

Stammerman!

The suicide bomber.

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