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		t-3 85 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Archers Didn't Volley Fire Any definition which lumps drones and airplanes together with swords and muskets is not useful, in my opinion. The last ~100 years are totally different from what came before.

IAmBroom 84 days ago [–]

Then use a more descriptive term than "modern".

Pretty soon it will mean "pre-drone".

BlueTemplar 77 days ago | [–]

Post-WW1 = post-modern

(Too early to tell just how disruptive drones will be or even what is exactly a drone.)

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