The need for arms

I found the following quotation of Baha'u'llah in Mr. Ali Nakhjavani's Towards World Order:

"that ye may need no more armaments save in a measure to safeguard your territories and dominions..."

This for me represents the Baha'i view on armaments. The goal is to have the minimum necessary. Thus the approach to military spending and readiness is predominantly one of "how little can we get away with" rather than "how much?" Contrast this with the attitude currently en vogue in the world.

To constantly be thinking of new vulnerabilities is to chase one's own tail. By this logic, no amount of spending is ever sufficient and we are never safe. One must pause and seriously consider the implications of such an attitude.