“I think people tend to fall into the trap of being disdainful too often of their adversaries,” Faurer would later recall. “We tended to think that in technical matters we were ahead of the Soviet Union—for example, in computers, aircraft engines, cars. In recent years, we have encountered surprise after surprise and are more respectful. Most folks would now concede that they have enormously narrowed the gap and have caught us in a number of places.”
