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by perl4ever 2875 days ago
The US atomic bomb project didn't fit that description, I don't think. It was started expressly because people believed they were in a race with the Axis to develop one first. I am surprised that Einstein's letter to FDR isn't all that universally known these days.[1]

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein–Szilárd_letter