Neither the French nor the Austrian armies had the medical facilities to deal with the carnage wreaked by modern weaponry.

ECONOMIST: Humanitarianism

Trench systems grew on both fronts as commanders struggled to come to terms with the reality that modern weaponry rendered the offensive too costly to sustain.

ECONOMIST: 20th-century history

Modern wars are often fought in urban settings, and modern troops deploy all sorts of high-tech weaponry.

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