> Highly advanced military tech is mostly about intimidation so there's little benefit in keeping stuff secret for decades That's probably true for weapons tec

> Highly advanced military tech is mostly about intimidation so there's little benefit in keeping stuff secret for decades That's probably true for weapons tech. It's probably very wrong for surveillance tech. I think the Snowden docs make it quite clear that the NSA does not "tend to oversell their capabilities" (at least not externally).