Q of the Week - Greatest development of the 20th Century?

Started by Leon, 26 April 2010, 08:44:10 PM

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jchaos79

Quote from: Leon on 27 April 2010, 02:18:12 PM
It's interesting how this ones gone.  No votes for radar, which saved thousands of lives, and without which we'd probably have lost the war?


Thats because the War was not lost because the radar, but because the Italians. (they did not won anything since Cannas  ;) )

(hope I did not offend to any italian fellow of the forum )

Luddite

What was the most significant MILITARY invention/development of the 20th Century?


Overall...i'll settle on 2.

Automatic small arms (especially the AK47)
Radio
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lentulus

Of course, there is always the hydrogen bomb and the SSBM - together probably the main reason why we have not had WWIII.

Luddite

I'd argue the H-bomb isn't really a military development though.  More a political one...
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Dave Fielder

No one has mentioned diodes. After all a transistor is merely two diodes back to back ...  ???

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Thomas Trolljaeger

No way. The greatest development of the XXth century is the washing machine.
Think about how much time women have now to take care of us...

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lentulus

Quote from: Leon on 06 June 2010, 05:07:08 PM
More important than the combustion engine?
While heavily refined in the 20th century, the internal combustion piston engine is a 19th century invention - diesel's patent was 1894, for example.