WWII Hedgehog U-boat killer - GIF

[ToolTalkBot]

WWII Hedgehog U-boat killer.




Previously:

Starting up a WWII tank on a Ukrainian monument - video
Sweetheart grips: WWII 1911 clear pistol grips for photo display - photos
WWII B-17 Nine-O-Nine heavy bomber - photo
WWII Bell P-39 Airacobra nose cannon - GIF
WWII Boeing factory disguised as neighborhood - photo
WWII German rescue buoy - photos

[mwmkravchenko]

If all the money, time, and engineering that goes into designing and making stuff for killing people were used for helping people.

Mark

[Frank S]

If all the money, time, and engineering that goes into designing and making stuff for killing people were used for helping people.

Mark

-Someone once said. But what would be the fun in that?
Another way to look at it. If war is ever made obsolete the human population of this planet will become extinct within a few generations due to complacency.

[mwmkravchenko]

-Someone once said. But what would be the fun in that?
Another way to look at it. If war is ever made obsolete the human population of this planet will become extinct within a few generations due to complacency.

I think it would be more interesting to test that idea Frank. Peace may become addictive.

Mark

[Frank S]

I think it would be more interesting to test that idea Frank. Peace may become addictive.

Mark

It might be at that, but it probably will never happen as long as humanity thinks we are the only sentient beings in the universe (1), and are driven by greed, power, corruption, politics, religion, and a host of other human failings.
(1) is humanity even sentient?

[ductape]

If all the money, time, and engineering that goes into designing and making stuff for killing people were used for helping people.

Mark

A significant amount of that time, money, and engineering created and accelerated development of many things that did end up helping people:

Computers and related technology, including the Internet
Food preservation
Metallurgy
Plastics
Non-military explosives
Emergency medicine
Mass production of medicines like quinine and penicillin
Jet engines
GPS
Paint and other protective coatings
Recycling
Nuclear technology, eventually adapted for power generation and medical use
Digital photography
Radio technology
Radar
Sonar
Microwave ovens
Some kind of adhesive strip used to prevent water intrusion on things like ammo boxes, can't remember the name of that product
NASA and all of their wonderful inventions during the Cold War

Sadly, the cost of this progress was far more than just money and time due to the parts of human nature that are greed and ego, which sometimes leads to war. Maybe some day we will get out of that cycle.