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ARTICLE · 01 SEPTEMBER 2025

Expanding The Battlefield, Or A Word About Inventions Developed On The Front Line

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Many of the most innovative technologies and inventions were created with their potential use in military or defence operations in mind.

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Many of the most innovative technologies and inventions were created with their potential use in military or defence operations in mind. GPS navigation and the Internet, which everyone uses every day and without which we can no longer imagine everyday life, were originally technologies developed by and for the military. Over time, these inventions has permeated into civilian life, while the army was already working on completely different solutions.

Nowadays, it's no different as the arms industry remains a conducive environment for innovation, actively supporting it. Although some of them are developed in secluded military research centres during peacetime, others are constantly developed and improved on the battlefield by engineers and soldiers struggling daily against the enemy. Since "necessity is the mother of invention", the latter are often characterized by extraordinary ingenuity and are often better adapted to battlefield conditions (e.g. in terms of ease

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