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by borism 5319 days ago
Cold war wasn't a war.

Work on jet engine began long before WW2 (and it failed to accelerate during WW2).

So did the work on nuclear fission (if it wasn't for top scientists incl. Einstein convincing US President to fund it, there wouldn't be Manhattan Project at all. German scientists fortunately failed to persuade Nazis even though they were much closer to nuclear device.)