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the bow and arrow is just a logical extension of mankind's desire to poke each other at ever longer range.
The natural wish to poke but not get poked back
rock->spear->bow and arrow->cannon->handheld cannon->auto-repeating handheld cannon->howitzer->ICBM->Predator drone
->relativistic kill vehicle.
You see it coming, omae wa mou shindeiru.
Only thing more scary would be triggering a vacuum decay event. But these tend to backfire quite spectacularly.
Orbital weapons platforms fit in there somewhere.