It depends. Loads of research finds its way back into civilian hands and does good for society, and it's hard to know what'll be useful and what won't. But chu

It depends. Loads of research finds its way back into civilian hands and does good for society, and it's hard to know what'll be useful and what won't. But churning out the same old missiles and tanks that we'll never use is money that could've been better invested in infrastructure or pretty much anything else.