Quote Originally Posted by warty goblin View Post
Warfare is, when you boil it down, basically a problem of throwing rocks. Since the neolithic, we've just started using more complicated rocks and rock-throwers is all.
If you want to get really basic, it's about depositing a lot of energy in the other guy, since that's the most reliable way to make stuff break. Kinetic energy just tends to be the form that's most easily available and aimed at your foes.