> If no one works on defense systems then all the things we have could become jeopardized

The reality is that the US government has not historically been engaged in defense. They have been engaged in offense. If you live in the united states and work on "defense," you are working on offense. If even if you are designing something like missile interceptors, they have historically been used primarily to protect US assets in wars that the US started.

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deburo 12 hours ago | parent [-]

Perhaps you'd like to know how well interceptor missiles fare today. They are rapidly being made obsolete. Offense is still the best defense.

	▲	LunaSea 10 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		That's exactly the argument made by Putin to invade Ukraine. Congratulations.
	▲	dns_snek 10 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> Offense is still the best defense. That's a psychotic thing to say about starting new wars and aiding genocides. The only thing that's being defended are the profits of western oligarchs.