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I'm pretty sure that sentence should be parsed as: > Of course [China] would have [had an ICBM program] anyways, but it would have likely taken longer. rather
by catalogia 6y ago
I'm pretty sure that sentence should be parsed as:
> Of course [China] would have [had an ICBM program] anyways, but it would have likely taken longer.
rather than
> Of course [Qian Xuesen] would have [defected] anyways, but it would have likely taken longer.
- nn3 6y agoYes I was referring to the ICBM program. No idea what Xuesen would have done without McCarthyism, but he might have well ended up staying in the US.