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Originally Posted by SaintessHeart
Actually it does. If you are going to build things up, you need a plan. Assuming that you see someone make a Colosseum out of Uno Stacko bricks, and you run everything down with a bowling ball, there is very little chance you can replicate it since you do not know the intermediaries that make up the total structure.
One good example is Iran's attempt to create a 4th generation MBT with ceramic armour. Despite obtaining shards of the Abrams from the terror cells fighting the US in the hotspots, they are still unable to fully replicate the armor that can withstand an internal explosion of 20+ DU and 1000+ 50. cal rounds PLUS 1 DU round, a few Mavericks and Hellfire missiles from the outside. The tank is still in shape though badly beaten, and the simple knockoff of the armour is used to make the Zulqifar MBT.
Even if there is the technology present, without knowledge it is useless.
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Gaps in our knowledgebase can be applied on living or biological systems i.e. we have access to biological samples but we can’t fully replicate the system.