This is getting very complicated now (though I have to say I’m enjoying discussing it without shouting at each other. Go HN!) I guess my most basic point is, t

This is getting very complicated now (though I have to say I’m enjoying discussing it without shouting at each other. Go HN!) I guess my most basic point is, that an arms race just ends up wasting a tonne of effort and resources and each side ends up roughly where they were. Especially with nukes where it’s impossible to gain an absolute advantage. And especially when it’s well understood that both sides are really good at spying. Russia already has hypersonic missiles that don’t seem to be intercept-able anyway. Wouldn’t it be better to us this space-advantage for something way more useful than an arms race? The us and the west has the main problem of having fallen way behind in being able to actually manufacture stuff really well and really cheaply. Can we spend all that money getting good at that again instead please? Maybe we can manufacture stuff in orbit.