My answer to part of this question is “it’s not at all obvious that it’s useful to pay attention too overtly to this sort of thing, especially to the degree of a tracking-website, because the government would just notice and that take some sort of different action instead.”
(I’m not sure it’s *not* useful either, just that this may be a somewhat anti-inductive domain)
Why singular? Governments are both afraid of and envious of each other, and actively monitor each other’s activities. If any government is doing this, then many governments are—either cooperatively or competitively.
An actively secret project on the scale of the Manhattan Project (in terms of people who know it’s going on, not just money/resources) is likely impossible. It can be kept from the public for quite awhile, but almost certainly not from other interested states for very long.
The Manhattan Project took four years and a lot of people and resources. What if instead of making a project big and fast, someone made a small and slow project? It would take a lot longer to complete, and perhaps be less effective, but it would be easier to keep secret.
My answer to part of this question is “it’s not at all obvious that it’s useful to pay attention too overtly to this sort of thing, especially to the degree of a tracking-website, because the government would just notice and that take some sort of different action instead.”
(I’m not sure it’s *not* useful either, just that this may be a somewhat anti-inductive domain)
Why the government? Perhaps a government?
Why singular? Governments are both afraid of and envious of each other, and actively monitor each other’s activities. If any government is doing this, then many governments are—either cooperatively or competitively.
An actively secret project on the scale of the Manhattan Project (in terms of people who know it’s going on, not just money/resources) is likely impossible. It can be kept from the public for quite awhile, but almost certainly not from other interested states for very long.
The Manhattan Project took four years and a lot of people and resources. What if instead of making a project big and fast, someone made a small and slow project? It would take a lot longer to complete, and perhaps be less effective, but it would be easier to keep secret.
Fair.