Too Far Removed

    The invention of the bow & arrow changed warfare forever, no longer was close quarter combat the only option. Soldiers now had the ability to kill from a distance and this was an incredible advantage for military forces. As the decades past by mankind continued to build upon past technologies until an amazing discovery was made, that discovery was gunpowder. With gunpowder the distance between two enemies would grow tremendously. Gunpowder gave birth to cannons, grenades, bombs and firearms. Armies could now take out multiple men at once from a distance. The next big leap in warfare was the invention of flight. We could now fly above our enemy and drop bombs from high in the sky. We no longer even needed to see the enemy to kill him. In fact not only do you not need to see them but you only need a rough idea of their location. After this the big thing was the A-bomb. This was a bomb that caused far more damage than anything in the past. An A-bomb or nuclear bomb will kill hundreds of thousands of people in an instant. As technology grows the bar keeps getting raised. We are being removed farther and farther from the killing. The latest military toys are drone fighter planes, drones are remote controlled airplanes equipped with a gun and guided miles. Where as once we battled with swords and looked our enemy in the eyes, we now only push a button and kill many. A drone operator does not need to step foot on a battle field anymore. How much farther does this road go? Soon we will be able kill armed only with our minds, it's an eerie thought. This is something most people don't think about because the evolution of battle has been slow over thousands of years. We don't question it because it has been normalized on T.V. and in movies. There is no doubt that technology will continue to grow. What could we possibly need more than we already have? How about a button that blows up the whole Earth? It would be very economical because we only need one!-BDB (Google Images)