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But s much smaller few knew specifically what they were building. And communication tech was much less efficient then.

• ikeboy 11y ago
  Was it publically known that something was being built? And then there's this: > Oak Ridge used one-seventh of all the electricity produced in the United States (Source http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1652.html http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1652.html) You'd think someone might notice. Truman, as vice president, did not know it was being built. It cost over $20 billion in current dollars.
  • joshuapants 11y ago
    With a big project like that during wartime it would probably be fairly easy to cover up. Tons of money is being expended, you just cook the books a little bit and spread that $20bil over a bunch of other huge expenses.
    • ikeboy 11y ago
      That might make you ask what we're currently spending $20 billion on that nobody knows about, though.
      • CHY872 11y ago
        $275 billion, due to inflation.
        • ikeboy 11y ago
          The $20 billion figure is after inflation. I've seen estimates as much as $28 billion. In actual dollars it was $2 billion.