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The Soviet Union did exactly that during the cold war - hell it lifted entire semiconductors - but it ultimately amounted to bupkis.

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My father taught HnD computing in the 70s and 80s at Trent Poly. One of his industry contacts did time for shipping DEC Vax VMS kit to Bulgaria in crates marked "tractor parts"...

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