Military Impact on Technology

Ancient Greeks had used technology in military to build their empire. The first advanced catapult was developed by the Greeks. Thousands of years after the Greeks, technology superiority determined World War II when American army dropped 2 atomic bombs on Japan.

Over the years military always played a big role in the development of technology and not just for weapons. Many of the military development turned out to be a very good for civilian use and affected the shape of society. Walki Talki “two way transmitters” was developed for military uses. The most important information and communication system “the Internet” was a result of post World War II arm race between USA and the Soviet Union.

So, Military impact on technology has many pros on making it fast and efficient, but the military use the same means to its own purposes and goals. For example, the pentagon opened a unit in Hollywood for propaganda. As showing in the Youtube video below, Phil Strub “U.S. Dept Defense Film Liaison Unit” said that the relationship between Hollywood and the Pentagon is two way exploitation. In the same video, David Robb, the Author of “Operation Hollywood” said that if a film maker is willing to change his/her script to fit the pentagon point of view then they will get all the military equipment for free!. Films like Platoon (1986) and Full Metal Jacket (1987) were denied support from the military because it was so critical. Also U.S. Military released the Video game "U.S. Army" which considered one of the top Video games these days. The game basically promote recruiting new solders and according to the U.S Army official homepage, top gamers can earn a special invitation from Army to share their practices and ideas!