I am very sure the west sacrificed a lot of wellbeing because of the vast amount of money spent on war. Peace time was great.
I am very sure the west sacrificed a lot of wellbeing because of the vast amount of money spent on war. Peace time was great.
Not true. We spent more taxpayers' money on 2008 banks bailout than on every and any war (+ space race) combined.
Also, investing into military tech prevents war on your territory, which is, well, highly disruptive.
According to this [https://www.nti.org/analysis/articles/costs-us-nuclear-weapo...], the US has already spent more than five trillion dollars on nuclear weapons.