https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0WEA52rDLYDeveloping it was probaly a great revenue earner for the defence contractors, but wouldn't it have been better to spend the money on improving the domestic infrastructure in the US, and in encouraging the purchase of US manufactured products.
I've always thought that the real threat to the US in a war with China, would come from the sleepers in the Chinese communities that are in every city in the US.