Unable to fill list.

So I have this piece of code that needs to have a list of all child objects that have a weaponSet script on them. I add the objects in the inspector and they update the list, but when i run the game, the output is that there is nothing in the list... Any suggestions or improvements?

using UnityEngine; using System.Collections; using System.Collections.Generic;

 public class StrikeCraftFlightInput : MonoBehaviour {
 
     // *** other components *** //
     StrikeCraftFlightPhysics myPhysics;
     public List<WeaponSet> myWeapons = new List<WeaponSet>();
 
     // *** control settings *** //
     private int selectedPrimary = 0;
     private int selectedSeccondry = 1;
     public bool weaponsEnabled = true;
 
     // *** player preferances *** //
     private bool useInverted = false;
     private bool useCruiseControl = false;
     private float mouseSensitivity = 1.0f;
 
 
 
     public bool movement = true;
 
     Vector3 mDelta;
     int mSteeringTouch = -1;
     float mNextPrimary = 0f;
     float mNextSecondary = 0f;
 
 
     // Use this for initialization
     void Start () 
     {
         // *** finding components section *** //
         // find the strikecraft physics script
         myPhysics = GetComponent<StrikeCraftFlightPhysics>();
 
         // *** applying info section *** //
         // error trap if no weapons found
         if(myWeapons.Count < 1)
         {
             weaponsEnabled = false;
             Debug.Log("No weapons were found on " + name);
             Debug.Log(myWeapons.Count);
         }
     
     }
 }