Warfare and technology make the perfect partners of destruction. Military innovations from wooden catapults to nuclear bombs have been transforming the way war is waged since prehistoric humans carved arrows from stones some 10,000 years ago.

The visions of futurists don’t always match the experiences of military personnel, but the battlefields of the future will bear little resemblance to the war zones of today.

The future of technology in warfare: From AI robots to VR torture.

Geopolitical developments have raised fears of another world war. Technological advances mean it should at least be over quickly.