Ultimately, atm, the US is about as far from conflict with a technologically capable adversary as you could hope for. Despite rivolrous rhetoric, china-US inte

Ultimately, atm, the US is about as far from conflict with a technologically capable adversary as you could hope for. Despite rivolrous rhetoric, china-US interests mostly aren't opposed. Russia & the US play spy games, possibly election meddling.., but it's still fairly small scale. Maintaining a small edge in these technologies is, currently, as unimportant as it's likely to be. That could change. Stakes could rise. This is the peacetime list/policy. What happens if & when the risk of war grows. This list hints at the kind of cost we will pay for escalating risk of major conflict. New discoveries in computer science, biology, material science, manufacturing or anything with obvious breakthrough potential could become restricted, secretive, balkanized, and ultimately limited.