Man of Honour
Right, i was just thinking, where the human race today would be witout war? I believe that many things we take for granted today were developed for military use. Anyone know any more about this??
Mal
Mal
Originally posted by r1cko
Who is to say that private companies would not have developed these things anyway, if not faster, had it not been for war?
Originally posted by Malt_Vinegar
neccessity is the mother of all invention.
Originally posted by MrCrispy
Rubbish
If that were true we would only have ever invented what was necessary. That would never have included farming, houses, roads, sewerage systems, shoes, need I go on?
Just had a look on Google, seems field hospitals and MASH units used to it quickly close wounds in Vietnam. And here I was thinking it was used in an offensive purposeOriginally posted by IceBus
Super glue wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for the Vietnam war. You've never wondered why it sticks skin together so well?
Originally posted by exedanni
Just had a look on Google, seems field hospitals and MASH units used to it quickly close wounds in Vietnam. And here I was thinking it was used in an offensive purpose
Originally posted by Malt_Vinegar
lol, we needed somewhere to live, so we made houses...
we needed to get rid of sewage, so we made sewers
we needed more food, we made farms
we needed to stop our feet getting damaged when walking, we made shoes...
Need i go on?
Originally posted by ollie
penecilin.