I suspect this will turn into one of those articles where I get all manner of hate mail telling me that the emperor is in fact not naked at all. Well, no matter. Here goes.
Development comes from many areas, but from automobile racing, to physical conditioning, and from mountain climbing to shooting - innovation happens most often in the competition realms.
Some of these developments may have application in the combat realms as well, although admittedly not all of them. But if we fail to look at these and consider possible real-world advantages, we become like the techno-averse "purist" on the rotary dial black telephone still rocking a S&W Model 19 in a Jordan Special.
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