Hagbard,
If you could convince the arms companies that it was as profitable to make water purifiers and energy sources rather than weapons- Bobs your mothers brother!
Saw a rather scary documentary a while ago about a bunch of swiss scientists designing new and more exciting ways of maiming people- They were firing 5.56mm rounds into blocks of gelatine to simulate human flesh, trying to build a more 'efficient' bullet......
ps not having a dig ref your location but it reminded me of the program.