Wouldn't the military just try to take the hardware though, since it is 'vital to national defense'? Granted, in that case, it would be easy for someone to revenge-leak passwords to our national enemies, which is also a bad outcome...
...it seems to be more expensive and less secure than just keeping everything owned by the military and in- house.
And then there's the whole issue of "do we want any one group to be able to nuke us from orbit?" and also "Do we even need a space defense base?"
...Methinks someone is cutting out necessities in the budget to pay for cool toys. :/
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Date: 2025-04-18 11:13 pm (UTC)...it seems to be more expensive and less secure than just keeping everything owned by the military and in- house.
And then there's the whole issue of "do we want any one group to be able to nuke us from orbit?" and also "Do we even need a space defense base?"
...Methinks someone is cutting out necessities in the budget to pay for cool toys.
:/