Indeed. Two years ago an interest in tanks and artillery shells was about last on my list, almost a historical curiosity. But suddenly I've become extremely interested, as it's become one of the top geopolitical focus points of our time.

But "horniness for war machines" is as far from the truth as you can get. It's really just an interest in what it takes to preserve democracy. We can go for decades of peace and forget that sometimes preserving democracy really does depend on tanks and bullets, when an autocrat decides to attack.