I appreciate the sentiment, but it sounds a bit like the case of I.T. vis-à-vis the NSA. As James Bamford said, one expects+assumes that the NSA is way ahead of

I appreciate the sentiment, but it sounds a bit like the case of I.T. vis-à-vis the NSA. As James Bamford said, one expects+assumes that the NSA is way ahead of the state of the civilian art. They have the budget. Likewise this case. As an OTL civvie I'd expect that this tech under discussion lags whatever .mil is up to. Out to launch!