The weaponization of time was unexpected and devastating. Nobody could have imagined the difference it made on the battle field. Humanity has always been slowly swept along by the flow of time, resisting it, but never actually making any headway against the inexorable flow.
Indeed, the initial successes were in going against the current, but with it. A simple trick, all things considered. They merely an applied temporal thrust, whenby the the object would briefly cease to exist for a few moments, as it was tossed forward in time, reappearing momentarily. Unaffected by the moments it had been gone.
This had plenty of theoretical applications, though the power requirements were high enough that practical applications were limited.
Until someone got the clever idea of applying the old artillery trick, detonate a large explosion right on top of where your troops will be, then while everyone is panicked, advance and clear out any opposition.
Of course the timing on that trick can be problematic. The first wave of such attacks just appeared to be extremely well armed suicide bombers.
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