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There is no evidence that Armstrong agonised over his decision to go into armament production.

He once said: " If I thought that war would be fomented, or the interests of humanity suffer, by what I have done, I would greatly regret it.

I have no such apprehension ".

He also said: " It is our province, as engineers to make the forces of matter obedient to the will of man ; those who use the means we supply must be responsible for their legitimate application ".