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by ian0 1020 days ago
In this context "defence" likely means "defence industry" and not "defending your country" per say.

Lots of people regard working on weapons used to kill other people as unethical. For example, you could be a pacifist [0]. Or from the military standpoint you be concerned about Just War [1] and whether the weapons you build will be used for something you see as Just or not (say in your example selling arms to the wrong side). Theres a bunch of others like this.

0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacifism

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_war_theory