2/4
"Oops, EU we are sooooo sorry we trashed your last satellite launch." Disingenuous plausible deniability.
https://spacenews.com/spacex-slams-faa-report-on-falling-space-debris-danger/
2. If you were a Putin-aligned Republican & an insider to the GOP's military industrial complex, you'd want to milk the DOD budget at every opportunity by building shoddily.
Bonus: It hampers military preparedness.
Just like the littoral ships.
Senator Tuberville's Alabama donors profited enormously from that white elephant...