I wouldn't feel this way. I previously worked for the DoD (AFRL) doing research. Since everything is funded by grants, I personally never experienced people m

I wouldn't feel this way. I previously worked for the DoD (AFRL) doing research. Since everything is funded by grants, I personally never experienced people making the leap from being funded by the DoD to doing weapons development. There are tons of defense contractors out there and many make pretty benign stuff like inventory management software.