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I honestly think that the "kill anything in an hour" is going to be super expensive no matter how you slice it. Not only that but you have to have the kind of real time intel that positively confirms that something is indeed happening, get that info to the proper civilian authorities, and then launch and destroy that threat in under sixty minutes with their decision. If its come down to this magical "we have 60 minutes or less scenario" its already too late. I know no one wants to hear that, but at that point PGS is a last second reaction to wheels that are already in motion and at which point there has already been a massive failure in intel.

Our political doctrine has almost always given the enemy the first shot. typically tensions are high before a war anyway. ITs not like we don't have assests in the middle east, is not like we don't have assets in north korea. ITs not like we aren't constantly spying on them and watching for escalation or war like intentions. Your scenario hinges on us not noticing anything wrong and then just like in hollywood, one hour before the attack we uncover their sinister plans and PGS saves the day. Like I said if we are learning about this an hour before it happens, its already too late.

Lets think about what would happen if we suddenly found out that North Korea or Iran was going to launch a nuke in 60 minutes, and kind of gauge the United States and global reaction to that. Just kind of pause and ponder that for a second.

Then lets fund that because has other applications that could maybe someday lead to a plausible PGS, rather than the other way around.