“…It was August 1892.
"Perhaps my factories will put an end to war even sooner than your congresses," Alfred Nobel said. "On the day when two army corps may mutually annihilate each other in a second, probably all civilized nations will recoil with horror and disband their troops." “
Mr. Nobel, From the days of Mahabharat, two army corps have mutually annihilated each other in a second but arms manufacturers from "civilized" nation such as yours have invented newer reasons to create deadlier weapons.
Artist: Alan Dunn The New Yorker 30 October 1948