As computers joined the battlefields, no longer was war about who had the biggest army or the most equipment. It was about who had the most advanced computer defense system , who had the most advanced combat system, and who had the most advanced weaponry. Computers did more for the military then decipher codes. Now computers kept the military safe it protected there lives and bases. Computers are the military's safety net. With the military relying more and more on computers research in computer science has sky rocketed. In under two years of the introduction of the dual core processor the quad core processor was being announced.