Why has weapons and armor technology not advanced since WWII?

Now it's just faster/bigger/deadlier versions of what we had in WWII

There has been a considerable improvement in both armor and weapons since WWII.

Why make more weapons when you got nukes?

You guys are focusing too much on the weapon side and not enough on the armor side. Armor has been lacking for a while. It's been how long and we still don't have armor that can defend against bullets the same way full body plate armor defended against swords. Pretty much all previous weapons had armor that countered it but we still haven't figured that out yet for bullets and bombs. I would love to see armor that can stop bullets and bombs so we can go back to melee combat and get innovative with our weapons again instead of this impersonal stasis that we've been in that makes killing too easy. Guns and bombs are uncivilized and detachs people from the killing they do, which in turn makes it easier to kill more people unnecessarily.

"Why haven't we invented Dune's energy shields so soldiers have to become knife masters instead of shooting people?"

"Why haven't we invented Dune's energy shields so soldiers have to become knife masters instead of shooting people?"

That's what I want, yes. Things would be better if you couldn't just shoot/bomb your enemies with no regard. It makes it easier to make the decision to kill when it's from a distance and you can just dehumanize them.

I'd love to have infinite energy too, that would be great.
It's a shame we have to live in reality.

That's what I want, yes. Things would be better if you couldn't just shoot/bomb your enemies with no regard. It makes it easier to make the decision to kill when it's from a distance and you can just dehumanize them.

You guys are focusing too much on the weapon side and not enough on the armor side. Armor has been lacking for a while.

We'll eventually invent armor to stop projectile weapons, it's just probably gonna take a while, and probably won't be energy shields.

They're working on literal force shields.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_armour

There has been a considerable improvement in both armor and weapons since WWII

"electric armour could be effective with as little as a few tons of weight"

That's what I want, yes. Things would be better if you couldn't just shoot/bomb your enemies with no regard. It makes it easier to make the decision to kill when it's from a distance and you can just dehumanize them.

You guys are focusing too much on the weapon side and not enough on the armor side. Armor has been lacking for a while. It's been how long and we still don't have armor that can defend against bullets the same way full body plate armor defended against swords. Pretty much all previous weapons had armor that countered it but we still haven't figured that out yet for bullets and bombs. I would love to see armor that can stop bullets and bombs so we can go back to melee combat and get innovative with our weapons again instead of this impersonal stasis that we've been in that makes killing too easy. Guns and bombs are uncivilized and detachs people from the killing they do, which in turn makes it easier to kill more people unnecessarily.

We do have much better armor now, but weapons tech tends to outclass armor very quickly. Body armor doesn't do much when someone can hit you with a tactical strike from miles away. For vehicles though, a friend of mine had his life saved by reactive armor when his Bradley was hit by a RPG in Iraq.

Unmanned drones are pretty innovative.