Melt them down, liquidate the arms industry and move all their talent to aerospace.

We could have had a Startram for that money. We could have skipped fueling a few proxy wars and gone to Mars instead.

The society that unilaterally decides it’s not interested in war gets conquered by the ones that don’t follow along. It’s an unfortunate reality, but history is full of civilizations that were largely peaceful and reaped the rewards that come with it, and were predated by other civilizations who kept the hard edge.

Si vis pacem, para bellum (If you want peace, prepare for war)

If you aren’t ready for war, you get conquered by a war monger. If you want to be at peace, you must be ready for war against those who want to conquer.