For advanced rockets, this is true. But not for first gen. First gen is the same tech for both. That is why Sputnik was such a big deal: it was not JUST a h

For advanced rockets, this is true. But not for first gen. First gen is the same tech for both. That is why Sputnik was such a big deal: it was not JUST a huge science/engineering breakthrough, it said "you know your huge strategic airforce that means we cannot bomb you? Well actually we can still bomb you, and we can do it faster and more accurately". Older, surplus, ICBMs were routinely used for space launches back in the day (eg the Titan 2 which were even used for manned spaceflight). I think at point point it was a major source of income for early post-soviet russia? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_(rocket_family) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_(rocket_family)