I think whether or not there’s any truth It's not entirely untrue and some of the cases where it is are famous but much of the time there were entirely pragmat

I think whether or not there’s any truth It's not entirely untrue and some of the cases where it is are famous but much of the time there were entirely pragmatic considerations and/or consequences of other policy decisions. A few things that come to mind are the many constraints on manufacturing capability and industrial capacity, 'dual use' goals, the size of the country (vs. the quantity of developed infrastructure), etc.