Engineering:List of military inventions
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A military invention is an invention that was first created by a military. There are many inventions that were originally created by the military and subsequently found civilian uses.
Military inventions with civilian uses
| Name | Date invented | Invented by | Original purpose | Civilian uses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASDIC | 1910s |  United Kingdom
|
Submarine detection | Sonar |
| Radar | mid-1930s | United Kingdom [1][2]
|
Early warning radar, air defence systems | Air traffic control systems, microwave oven |
| Walkie-talkie | 1930s |  Canada (Donald Hings)[3]
|
Portable two-way radio communications system for military | Portable radio communications – business, public safety, marine, amateur radio, CB radio |
| Night vision | 1939 - 1940s |  Nazi Germany
|
Visibility for military personnel in low light situations | Low light photography, surveillance |
| Duct tape | 1942 |  United States
|
Sealing ammunition cases | Multiple uses |
| Ballistic missiles | 1940s | Nazi Germany
|
Long range attack | Space exploration, launch of communication, weather and global positioning satellites |
| Darknet | 1990s | United States |
Anonymous/protected computer networking | Used by journalists, political activists, scientists, etc. |
| Nuclear technology | 1940s | United States |
Nuclear weapons | Nuclear medicine, nuclear power |
| Jet engine | 1940s | Nazi Germany (Hans von Ohain) |
Jet fighters, jet bombers | Airliners |
| Digital photography | 1960s |  United States |
Spy satellites, eliminated the need to recover deorbited film canisters | Digital cameras |
| Compiler | 1952 | United States
|
Allow programs to be written for multiple target computers by different vendors without needing to rewrite the assembly for each of them. | Compiler |
| Internet | 1960s - 1970s | Reliable computer networking | Led to invention of the World Wide Web by British scientist Tim Berners-Lee; subsequently widespread availability of information, telecommunication and electronic commerce | |
| Rodriguez well | 1960s | United States Army |
Nuclear weapons and logistics, provide water supply for bases hidden in polar regions | Colonization of Mars |
| Satellite navigation | 1970s | United States Air Force |
Nuclear weapons force multiplier, increased warhead accuracy through precise navigation | Navigation, personal tracking |
| Sanitary napkins | 1920s | United Kingdom
|
Prevent bleeding using cellulose in bandages. | British & American nurses picked up the bandages and started using them as Sanitary Napkins. |
See also
- Allied technological cooperation during World War II
- List of emerging military technologies
References
- ↑ Angela Hind (February 5, 2007). "Briefcase 'that changed the world'". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6331897.stm. Retrieved 2007-08-16. "It not only changed the course of the war by allowing us to develop airborne radar systems, it remains the key piece of technology that lies at the heart of your microwave oven today. The cavity magnetron's invention changed the world."
- ↑ Harford, Tim (9 October 2017). "How the search for a 'death ray' led to radar". BBC World Service. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41188464. Retrieved 9 October 2017. "But by 1940, it was the British who had made a spectacular breakthrough: the resonant cavity magnetron, a radar transmitter far more powerful than its predecessors.... The magnetron stunned the Americans. Their research was years off the pace."
- ↑ Don-Hings-Walkie-Talkie-Development.PDF
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