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by oceanplexian 1108 days ago
If you somehow found a way to get a wooden arrow with a stone arrowhead on it into the engine of a Stealth Bomber at the wrong time and place, you may very well cause a big fireworks show. Less has taken down the engines of commercial airliners when a screw comes loose or something.

Advanced technology != invincibility. Actually, a lot of times the more advanced tech is, the more vulnerable it is to catastrophic failure.