War Machines Quotes
The pope attempted a boycott of weapons against the Ottomans who were threatening Crete, then controlled by Christian Venice. The French and others did not respect the boycott. As in modern times, boycotts were easily broken by those wishing to profit from trade. Crete fell. The Catholic boycott had actually started in the 16th Century with minimal effectiveness, but Clement IX made a vain effort to enforce it.
Military robots including drones are very inexpensive as military hardware goes. And like other hi-technology devices, the prices go down steadily as volume grows. Almost any government can afford to buy military robots from the U. S., France, Russia or Israel. As a result, there can be many more nations who can have a modern military, even if small. Thereafter, they can conduct modern warfare readily.
This is the first mention of a flame thrower in the history of warfare. The ancient Greeks had developed “Greek Fire” which was a type of naphtha tar that could be launched with a sling or trebuchet at enemy ships, but they never developed both the liquid form and the pumping and pressure device to send it over a distance. But apparently the Byzantines did develop the technology. However, it was likely that it was almost as much danger to the Byzantines who manned the equipment as it was to the enemy against whom they used it. However, they were not able to deploy enough of the weapons to have made a material difference in the outcome of any large battles as none of the military leaders and observers made any significant mention of it.
