In socialist Czechoslovakia, one of the world’s biggest arms exporters, issues of durability and demise were taken into account. Why, then, do Cold War weapons continue to resurface in deadly attacks and armed conflicts across the globe, well beyond their alleged obsolescence? Weapons developed to fight the Cold War are being resuscitated to fight the war in Ukraine. Both sides are using Eastern Bloc-produced T-72, and even older T-55 tanks in combat, alongside state-of-the-art newer models. Moreover, both the Czech Republic and Poland have reanimated their stores of these armoured vehicles, sending hundreds to Ukrainian forces to support their war effort. Precisely because such weapons can and do outlast the political agreements that brought them into being – the Warsaw