[aaron695]

Actually I would imagine anyone who is not dumb or suicidally depressed would prefer their country spent that money on themselves not dying.

So to me, letting soldiers/people die because resources are instead being spent on people who passed away 50 years ago is not a minor cost.

[kiiski]

US military budget is, what, ~$700 billion? I don't think a $100 million is going to improve anyones odds of survival if spent on equipment/research/something else, but it can have a big effect on morale if the soldiers know they wont be just abandoned and forgotten if things go badly.