Is this MIT Technology Review article on the "Puzzling Evolution of Guns Versus Bows" bad history?

This is silly.

China and Korea had muskets. They had artillery. They had gunpowder units.

Are you making a generic statement or implying that they somehow had muskets before muskets were invented? Don't get me wrong Asia absolutely pioneered gun powder and weaponized explosives however that doesn't mean they invented muskets or the modern fire arm. The musket & subsequential introduction of modern warfare was introduced by the ottomans and eventually exported to the east via Portugal during the inquisition. 1400s.1

Furthermore I think you're misinterpreting my point, my point for the video was to say that the east has proven to be enthusiastic about search and rescue while others use

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