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Re:US military's mysterious X-37B space plane zooms toward o... by walls on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @07:13PM (#31914319)
Probably because we get glimpses into how this is still true every once in a while. The gap might not be as large as it has been, but it's definitely still there in certain fields.

Some examples that immediately come to mind are the stealth Black Hawks used in the Bin Laden raid, Stuxnet, and the NSA's TAO.

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Re:US military's mysterious X-37B space plane zooms toward o... by WillPostForFood on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @08:19PM (#31914873)
F-117 also comes to mind. Amazingly the first prototypes were complete in 1977, There were rumors about it but details about the plane and program were pretty well guarded for another decade.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_F-117_Nighthawk#Backg...

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