| c. 3500 bc | chariot (Sumer) |
| c. 3000 bc | bronze (Assyria) |
| c. 1500 bc | wrought iron (Hittite) |
| c. 650 bc | trireme (Greece) |
| c. 300 bc | steel (India) |
| c. 200 | chain-mail armor (Rome) |
| c. 300 | stirrup (China) |
| 672 | Greek fire (Byzantium) |
| 1100 | crossbow (France) |
| 1160 | longbow (England) |
| c. 1200 | gunpowder (China) |
| c. 1250 | rockets (China) |
| c. 1350 | firearms (France) |
| 1451 | mortar (Ottoman Empire) |
| 1592 | armored warship (Korea) |
| 1718 | machine gun (Great Britain) |
| 1776 | submarine (American colonies) |
| 1776 | sea mine (American colonies) |
| 1797 | parachute (France) |
| 1866 | torpedo (United Kingdom) |
| 1903 | airplane (United States) |
| 1915 | poison gas (Germany) |
| 1916 | tank (United Kingdom) |
| 1918 | aircraft carrier (United Kingdom) |
| 1918 | sonar (France) |
| 1933 | radar (United Kingdom) |
| 1937 | helicopter (Germany) |
| 1939 | jet aircraft (United Kingdom) |
| 1942 | napalm (United States) |
| 1943 | guided missile (Germany) |
| 1945 | atomic bomb (United States) |
| 1953 | hydrogen bomb (United States) |
| 1955 | nuclear submarine (United States) |
| 1968 | antiballistic missile (Soviet Union) |
| 1977 | neutron bomb (United States) |
