While HAL and Skynet, the imperial intelligence that spawned the Terminators, were creations of big government, the robots in these movies are consumer products.
Then, three weeks or so after new Moon, and a week after full, the Moon is once again half lit, the terminator splitting the Moon's face in two even halves.
At this point, the incendiary part is just adding insult to injury, but you've got to teach those time traveling Terminators a lesson or they'll never stop coming.