But (other than sales), that's how these particular weapsons are ending up used.

the Industrial age's weapon race? if your a millenial you might not have seen many wwi wwii documentaries. the who era was in a mad race for industrialization of weapons. before during even after the war. hitler's germany was obsessed with what was later called "the arms race".

THE COLD WAR WEAPONS WERE POINTED AT USA, POSSIBLY CERTAIN ASIAN COUNTRIES

they weren't thought to be built and paid for to run a civil war