Post-WW2, the allies sold enigma machines to developing countries, without mentioning they had broken the code.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enigma_machine
Note: some people speculate the purchasing countries knew this and accepted the risk (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5cpqrc/after_ww2_the_uk_government_sold_enigma_machines/).
The British kept radar secret during WW2, and attributed pilots' ability to shoot down planes in the dark to vitamin A.
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Have "tools and knowledge to build better gene-editing technology" been kept secret? I had the impression developments were paraded out at conferences and in papers, etc.
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"Drone manufacturing" might be unnecessary or something, or more accurately, you can figure out how to manufacture a drone so long as you can obtain one. I believe many systems can be reverse-engineered.
https://taskandpurpose.com/russia-steals-military-secrets
Though maybe less algorithms and training data. Google's current search engine algorithm might actually be secret? I've heard it is supposed to be, but I don't know.