[Drakar1903]

We could draw parallels to warfare, the one industry that historically warps everything around itself. First we fought with spears, swords and shields, then with primitive musket guns. Suddenly tanks and planes and helicopters join the frey. Then carriers, submarines, missiles and targeting systems. Radars. Space satellites. I'd be surprised if there aren't secret projects that simulate the same potential conflict a million times to decide chance of success given new parameters.

And every time the new advancement in technology blows the previous ones out of the water, but it is open to its own exploitable faults. Tanks beat infantry in open field, but they're less suited for urban warfare if you don't want to leave the city in ruin.