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1. Try and see. 2. Leak program. 3. Get USSR to waste resources trying it themselves, and/or spying on the American program.
by SubiculumCode 8y ago
1. Try and see.
2. Leak program.
3. Get USSR to waste resources trying it themselves, and/or spying on the American program.
- yters 8y agoI think it's the other way around. We were anxious to get into this kind of research because we heard the USSR was well on their way.
- jacobush 8y agofeedback loop
- rosser 8y agoI think we woefully underestimate the amount and kinds of absurdity our governments get up to for counterintelligence purposes.
- cftm 8y agoThis exactly. The cold war was ended by the Strategic Defense Initiative - not because it worked but because we forced the USSR to pour resources into matching us and it bankrupted the country.
- mjevans 8y agoWhat an horrid war of attrition. The only winning move is to have deeper pockets.
- nradov 8y agoIt was less horrid than the alternative.
- SubiculumCode 8y agoYes it was resources used non productively. But winning a war with metal and bombs and radiation---priceless.