Well, probably. In the US and UK, I think it is the case that government spending on military research and development is larger than government spending on all other science-related research and development. In wars, weapons are effectively tested in the battleground, and used up – so governments will find more money to replace them, and to ‘improve’ them. Most of this research (e.g. new technologies) will have little or no impact on the non-military world for many years. On the other hand, funding for non-military research will probably be squeezed further in order to help to balance the books..
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