Today we talked about the military’s ties with technology. The military doctrine: MAD or mutually agreed destruction came to height during the Cold War. This was a time when both the United States and Soviet Union was working with the newly discovered nuclear power. There was a tense air between the two nations and they began to fight Proxy Wars such as The Korean War and the Vietnam War. It was during this time, specifically the 1950s that the United States became a prominent international military power. And in order to keep up with the Soviets as well as other potential rivals, a lot of resources was put into computing.

The ENIAC or Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer became the first computer ever invented. Along with this invention, Lee DeForest was the inventor of the Audion which allows amplification and variable output. This invention, along with transistors which were smaller, created less heat and were more efficient helped further the computing field. Transistors were mainly used in defense related research since wars spur innovation. Through this innovation DARPA or Defense advance research project agencies began to appear. DARPA Net was created and scientists used it to communicate with one another all over the country. This was a distributed network and was the result of the Cold War. The Cold War was very important for technology growth since it pushed American inventors and scientists to their limits in order to make America the number one country on the planet and more importantly, ahead of the Soviet Union.