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This is a point often brought up, that even a mostly failed military project that costs a lot of money (how much was eventually spent, apparently we’ll have to look elsewhere- not a npov question I guess!!) ends up having basic research side-effects that help the civilian (well, read “business”, in
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A video I've been looking for is a flight test video of a 'brilliant pebble' wherein a kinetic interceptor is put through a series of manuvers in a room over a catch net. A voice calls out each manuver, then the interceptor does it. The video runs from the start of the test through the interceptor
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running out of fuel and dropping into the net. Actual runtime of the interceptor would be much longer in space because during th test it had to constantly pulse whichever thruster(s) pointed down to hover.
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Finally the "Missile Wars" and "Possible Soviet Responses to the US Strategic Defense Initiative (CIA document)" are both dead links
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many cases) sector as well. Why one should never help the actual civilian sector more directly is never made clear.
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