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[TLoK] If Avatar's next incarnation was in a fully modern equivalent would benders still be relevant?

Could metal benders deflect automatic gunfire and tank shells? Could fire benders negate the heat from a bomb? Would water benders be able to destroy modern warships or subs? Could air benders also deflect bullets and perhaps the blast waves of bombs? How relevant would benders be in a fully modern equivalent.
gpt
I agree but notice how from TLA to LOK advanced bending became more mainstream?  Before only one or two people can lightning bend or metal bend but now its very common.  Imagine if the same thing happened 70 years after LOK.  Lava bending would do a shitton of damage against tanks and the like.  Maybe there would be more combustion benders which obviously can compete with modern warfare.