Jannsun had been aware of the holo-projection of soldiers and implements of destruction on and over battlefields and street corners but he hadn’t been aware of the Time Benders, the Mach 50 anti-gravity machines.
Machines that were so fast they could actually intercept an enemy missile before it’s physical body could completely lift off its launching pad. Machines so fast it was said they literally–bent time. These Time Benders were said to be able to move from a base in the states to a foreign battle field before a hostile combatant’s hand could cycle a round into the firing chamber of his rifle.