[lifeisstillgood]

So that link seems to be suggesting that US funding for space exploration and NASA has a significant nuclear weapons component.

I mean my kids are covering this in their History GCSEs. It’s not a secret. And if you believe in / agree with escalation management strategy it’s a good thing (unless you think humans should all unite together and turn swords into ploughshares which I do agree with, just hard to get from Here to there, but would love to see it)

[wongarsu]

I think the core is how we stand towards missile defense. During the Cold War the prevailing opinion was that mutually assured destruction was the best strategy. Missile defense undermines that strategy and was thus treated as a worse offense than building first-strike weapons.

Now the threat landscape has shifted. There is a closing window of opportunity where the US is the sole superpower and could get away with deploying such a system without much pushback. Whether it's a good idea is debatable.