Would a base on the moon (military or otherwise) actually prove useful?

I watched Independence Day: Resurgence the other day. In it, Earth's first line of defense is a lunar base (that gets blown up), followed by an orbital satellite network (that gets blown up).

Now, assuming a sufficiently advanced society that can construct large scale installations in orbit, would a lunar base be redundant?

A military base may be limited, as the moon's rotation is negligible and it will be in a "fixed" position, relative to the Earth, making it easy to bypass. For commercial usage, I see a similar issue with its positioning.

Prior to the ability to produce large scale facilities in orbit, a lunar base may prove useful, but afterwards, could it prove of any real use? (Aside from the tides and stabilizing the Earth's orbit)

EDIT: Could the base be salvageable? Could there still be a use for it, or should it just be stripped for materials?

posted about 7 years ago

RenegadePizzaGuy‭

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