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l33t7332273 | on: Big advance on simple-sounding math problem was a century in the making
Less than 100 years later, we stand waiting for nuclear bombs guided by GPS to be launched when the authorization cryptographic certificate is verified.
eigenket | parent
Nuclear weapons (based on quantum mechanics and special relativity) were used less than 6 years after that quote.
vlovich123 | root | parent
And number theory was critical to breaking enigma. So they were all used within 5 years.
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