Yes, classifying useless programs is a time-honored way to hide them from budget scrutiny. You can always insist that their usefulness is itself classified. But

Yes, classifying useless programs is a time-honored way to hide them from budget scrutiny. You can always insist that their usefulness is itself classified. But the rest of us can sometimes conclude correctly by what cannot be hidden. They could ape usefulness by landing and launching it frequently, but at even greater cost.