Yes, or let them eat cake? Besides, the asymmetrical payoff of developing tech to not only neutralise one-sided strategic mega-advantages only increase in leve

Yes, or let them eat cake? Besides, the asymmetrical payoff of developing tech to not only neutralise one-sided strategic mega-advantages only increase in leverage the worse the side-effects of the neutralising action become. The negotiating capital this generates (in the India vs China conflict) makes it an almost forced move.