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“a missile we couldn't afford to USE”は、おそらく、 「(持っていても、あるいは持っていたとしても)使う余地のない、 使うに使えないミサイル」といった意味だと思います。 特に No.3 の方が書かれているこの文のコンテクストやその時代背景を 考えるに、この”afford to”は、ミサイルを実際に使ったら世界中が 大変なことになっちゃうから、持っていても実際には使うことはできない、 という意味だと私は思います。 ということなので「金がなくて」ではなく、それにもちろん「平和なので 使う機会がない」ということでもない思います。

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