Nuclear weapons

Here we go. This is going to take a while.
A quick way to sum it up would be...

"Nuclear weapons?"
"What?"
"Nuclear weapons?"
"What? Me?"
"Yes. Nuclear weapons?"
"No."
"Those guys over the way just bought loads of them."
"Really. How many did they buy?"
"Loads."
"I suppose I'd better have twice as many as them. How much are they?"

This is where it gets bitter and twisted.
I will use capital letters to suggest my anger and disgust to the reader.
THEY COST ABOUT £25 BILLION. WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WORST RECESSION IN LIVING HISTORY. WE DON'T NEED THEM BECAUSE WE WOULD HOPEFULLY NEVER BE SO MORALLY CORRUPT AS TO USE THEM. SO WHY?
why?