Unfortunately, (B) had the opposite effect, much as it is having today.
Once a
technology is developed, it's available to anyone who wishes to apply the same
diligent research and development. It's impossible to sequester knowledge.

This is yet another example of unintended consequences. The US could not see
beyond its shortlived atomic monopoly.

It's time to realize that just because we _can_ pursue certain lines of
research, perhaps we shouldn't blindly do so.

This is a regret expressed by Albert Einstein to his dying day, since he
personally pitched the atomic bomb program to President Roosevelt in order to
win the war, then saw the consequences of exactly that outcome.

Scott Fraser