Precision-guided munitions revolutionized the art of war. Moving targets could now be tracked and collateral damage minimized.
In past eras, the perfect weapon was one that would inflict maximum damage on an enemy. A bigger cannon, a more explosive shell, a better strategic bomber—a B-52 instead of a B-29—or a hydrogen bomb instead of an atomic one.
Today, in a supposedly more humane age, the perfect weapon is one that does minimum damage, sparing the innocent by targeting the guilty with maximum precision and surprise.
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