November 1982 article[2]:
> In addition to the hard time the Reagan Administration had in finding a home for the MX missile, the Government also had a hard time finding a name for the new weapon.
> Until today, the experimental missile was to have been called "Peacemaker." But at the last minute, according to Administration officials, it was changed to "Peacekeeper."
> The officials said someone decided that "Peacemaker" was too close to "pacemaker."
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGM-118_Peacekeeper#Deployment
[2]: https://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/23/us/peacemaker-loses-missi...
These'll definitely help ratchet up that body count
https://www.vox.com/2015/6/23/8832311/war-casualties-600-yea... (Logarithmic scale, does not include the conflicts of the past 20 years)
just because there's no colonial empires fighting each other, doesn't mean there's peace.