Do enemy launch pads do anything?

So, some of the enemy (Crux, red) bases have launch pads in them that launch resources elsewhere.

Do they actually launch their resources to some other sector? If I destroy it, does it mean that some turret/factory somewhere else now has nothing fed to it? Does the game simulate the Crux's economy like that?

Or it it all just cosmetics, and destroying their launch pads doesn't affect anything else at all?