This would actually be an amazing outcome because there's no way they could keep it secret (it would spur both espionage and intense research), and the US would

This would actually be an amazing outcome because there's no way they could keep it secret (it would spur both espionage and intense research), and the US would end up being able to reproduce their formula. It would make things "exciting" again in a way we haven't really seen since the space race.