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[Star Wars] Why did the Empire destroy the cloning facilities on Kamino instead of claiming them for their own?

Hey so this is OG-2205 of the Zero-G Assault Stormtrooper Corps here, and I had a question about a previous mission I was on. I was thinking about asking Emperor Palpatine when he did the AMA on the Holonet a while back, but we talked about his nice new robes and I figured it wasn't the time... Anyway. 

So the 501st ("Vader's Fist") was assigned to defeat the rebelling Kamino Clone forces created after the rise of the Empire to attempt to help the terrorists I guess. The 501st was a man down because CT-6969 was ill or something, and I requested to go in his place. Anything to get me off this boring Super Star Destroyer (and if anyone could fill me in on what policy these guys operate vis a vis intimate liaisons with a female squadmate, I'd be grateful). So I was assigned to the Kamino mission, but I don't get the objectives. We sabotaged the facilities and eliminated the Clones. 

Surely we would have been better off subduing the Clones for reprogramming/brain washing or whatever they did to those original Clones, and then taking the facility for ourselves? We wouldn't have to worry about losing troops to the Rebels if we could Clone a badass soldier  into an army of badasses. I'm thinking Vader, but maybe he's too grouchy. I'm a crack shot and rapidly shooting up the ranks (eh? Get it?), but too much of a good thing is a bad thing though, and too much of a great thing is a terrible thing. Or maybe not. I'm thinking we bring in some anonymous mercenary type like Boba Fett for the template. Thoughts?
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IIRC, cloning just isn't a cost effective way to maintain an army. The clone army was useful in establishing control once The Republic fell, but keeping it going would just be a lot of unnecessary cost. Especially considering how little initial resistance there was when the empire was established. A clone army would be the best option in terms of military strength, but the empire doesn't need that much military strength. Instead, the Emperor opted for strength in numbers.