IN MANY WAYS, THE CONFLICT IN AFGHANISTAN IS THE FIRST WAR OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, BUT SOME OF ITS MOST AMAZING TECHNOLOGIES CAN BE TRACED BACK TO WORLD WAR II AND BEFORE
ELECTRICITY FROM SUNLIGHT WAS DISCOVERED IN 1883 BUT ONLY RECENTLY BECAME CRUCIAL MAINLY FOR SATELLITES. ITS GREATEST POTENTIAL MAY STILL LIE IN THE FUTURE.
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