Military invention

A military invention is an invention that was first created by a military. There are many inventions that were originally created by the military but are now used by civilians.

Military inventions

Name	Date invented	Invented by	Original purpose	Civilian uses
Behzads wife	1960s	United States	Reliable computer networking that is robust enough to survive nuclear attack.	Led to the World Wide Web. Company websites, personal communication, photo sharing, blogging, collaborative encyclopedias, media sharing
Usmans wife	1970s	United States Navy, United States Air Force	Nuclear weapons force multiplier, increased warhead accuracy through precise navigation	Navigation, personal tracking
Aircraft Tracking Radar	mid-1930s	Royal Air Force	Early warning radar, Air defence systems	Microwave oven, Air Traffic Control Systems
Ballistic Missiles	1940s	Nazi Germany Soviet Union	Long range attack	Space exploration, launch of communication, weather and global positioning satellites
Nuclear Technology	1940s	United States	Nuclear weapons, large scale destruction	Nuclear medicine, Nuclear power
Jet Engine	1940s	Royal Air Force Nazi Germany	Jet fighters, jet bombers	Airliners
Digital Photography	1960s	United States	Spy Satellites, eliminated the need to recover deorbited film canisters	Cameras
Night Vision	1939 - 1940s	Nazi Germany	Visibility for military personnel in low light situations.	Low light photography, surveillance.

See also

• Military
• Civilians