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"Its first sale was to engineering firm Mason & Hanger. From 1956 to 2001, Mason & Hanger operated America’s atomic weapons assembly facility — the Pantex Plant near Amarillo, Texas. According to Coover, Mason & Hanger used super glue in the assembly of these atomic weapons."

https://warisboring.com/articles/super-glue-built-planes-nukes-and-saved-soldiers-lives/

EDIT: Trivia about another common item - "Polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) film was developed by the Dow Chemical Company during World War II for military use. It offered a high degree of protection from moisture and resistance to oils, greases, and corrosive chemicals, so it was used to package sensitive equipment such as optical devices and aircraft engine components. In 1952 it was offered to the public under the familiar trade name Saran Wrap."
 
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Different story on this WIKI:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanoacrylate

The original cyanoacrylates were discovered in 1942 in the midst of a search for materials suitable for clear plastic gun sights for the war effort. A team of scientists headed by Harry Coover Jr. stumbled upon a formulation that stuck to everything with which it came in contact. [2] The team quickly rejected the substance for the wartime application, but in 1951, while working as researchers for Eastman Kodak, Coover and a colleague, Fred Joyner, rediscovered cyanoacrylates. The two realized the true commercial potential, and a form of the adhesive was first sold in 1958 under the title "Eastman #910" (later "Eastman 910").
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