This passage implies that the author is (1) grateful for the availability of new weapons (2) aware that new weapons have broadened the theater of war (3) certain that there will be no future wars (4) anxious about the legality of future military operations

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts

the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service.