...so the lingua franca has now converted to a wartime footing? We used to use "industrial-strength" for that
compliment.

It wasn't much of a leap. In his farewell address as US President, Eisenhower warned us to "...beware the military/industrial complex." Few seem to have listened.

Grizzly war terms: Collateral damage (we just blew away your wife and kids, your cow, your house, but missed the bunker where the bad guys might have been) Friendly fire: Oops, we just shot our own guys. Sherman's march: Kill everything, destroy everything. Less grizzly: Hooker: From General Hooker, famous for keeping prostitutes with him.