Totally agree.

Just so you know, the purpose of the NIF was for military testing right from the beginning. The reason it initially got funded (shortly after the end of the cold war) was to help with stockpile stewardship (making sure our aging weapons still work via simulation, without having to do actual weapon tests).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Ignition_Facility#NIF_...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockpile_Stewardship_and_Manag...