True but also catching up to an existing tech is a much different game than creating it from scratch. Hiring people who have the right knowledge can speed that up.
It’s not like a nuclear bomb that even high school students can even figure out how to make without much help.
Few hints here and there can help to get over the key hurdles, with most other steps either a general knowledge for the experts, or analogues can be independently developed without too much trouble.
Yes, the result is not the same, but actually developing indigenous expertise is the key required component anyway,
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