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Modern technologies that would suit Nelson

Communications, reconnaissance, and viable aircraft carriers are the favoured counterfactual choices.

Question

Which technological developments since his lifetime would Nelson find most interesting?

Short answer

Modern communications, satellite communications and reconnaissance, and aircraft carriers once they became viable.

Notes

Better communications are the first suggested attraction for Nelson. Satellite reconnaissance would also appeal. Viable aircraft carriers are considered compatible with his approach to warfare. These are judgments about how his command style might translate into a later period.