"i think i understand the reasoning behind keeping certain things secret."No, this has little to do with any sort of official state secret. The #1 concern is that when official secrets are divulged, somebody dies. When the Rosenbergs gave detailed plans about how to build nuclear weapons to the Soviet Union, there were dozens if not hundreds of people who did die as a direct result of that action, and put very literally the USA at such great peril that it put the lives of nearly every citizen in the USA at risk.Those are the stakes involved with official secrets, not some sort of real silly sort of conspiracy theory. We, as a species, can certainly figure out how to deal with this technology.... because it all came from the mind of man in the first place.The other problem is that particularly in a democratic country where a transparent process is essential to the governance of such a people, those who would do harm to us often take advantage of that openness, where they can and have used that openness against us. The attacks of 9/11/2001 showed that in the most plain manner, where frankly after a good solid review of those attacks showed Al Queida to be the incompetent bumbling fools that they really were, but it also showed the incredible vulnerability that a country like ours might have.I've got to give it to the producers of this video some kudos for showing some very interesting and amazing information about nuclear subs. Yes, it was heavily sanitized and in fact could be argued that the information in this video contains information that the U.S. government actually wants the enemies or potential enemies of the USA to know. In a lot of ways that is a good thing too, as hopefully they learn enough about weapons like the U.S.S. Seawolf and other nuclear submarines that they realize engaging in a war against the USA is a foolish endeavor at best.   See 4 other replies

i think i understand the reasoning behind keeping certain things secret. The public is truly not ready for a lot of things that scientists are contemplating. As a species, we can barely figure out how to live with eachother but there are efforts being made out of the public eye that could tremendously expand our ability to influence and understand the world around us.
"Black Projects" or unofficial government endeavors (with non-disclosed funding) are necessary in times when international cooperation is at a fragile point and nations still need some measure of privacy. Nowadays information is the most dangerous and valuable commodity there is. It would be foolish for a country like the US, which practices "Peace through Power" to let all its secrets spill out. Our government is certainly guilty of some atrocities, but if there was ever a breakdown in our most secret institutions, a far bigger fallout than just public outcry would ensue.   See 4 other replies

Yup ,
I happen to agree that we are mostly kept in the dark about ALOT of things . Big oil and the NWO would like to keep us in "control" .
Try looking up the DISCLOSURE PROJECT on Google video. example: SR71 blackbird built 1952 , disclosed in 1984 .denied to exist for 30 years.   See 4 other replies

Seawolf submarine class was discontinued over 14 years ago   See 4 other replies