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** This. He specifically wanted his son to be the one to develop it, so he left the actual key to developing the new element in a place that only his son might be able to figure out. It is also probable that he didn't want someone ''else'' to develop the technology; the Stark line has a thing for not letting anyone but themselves have access to their own tech.
** Howard Stark has firsthand experience with [[Captain America: The First Avenger|what happens when the wrong people get access to hyperadvanced technology]]. He would have every reason to cover up his discovers until someone he trusts, like his son, finds it.
** The ''Winter Soldier'' revelations about SHIELD and HYDRA only make this make even more sense. Given that Howard Stark was killed precisely because he'd started to twig to the fact that HYDRA had infiltrated SHIELD to the core, it makes perfect sense that he hid this knowledge among his personal effects in such an arcane and indirect manner that only someone as smart as Tony had a hope of figuring it out. Howard ''knew'' who'd be going through everything he left behind with a microscope before his body was even cold, and they would be the absolute last people on Earth he'd ever want to touch this.
* A minor thing about the bird. So, Vanko wants his bird, but Hammer gets a different bird. One can presume Vanko made sure his bird was well-fed, so he must have felt it would still be alive. Why wouldn't Hammer actually make the effort to get it? Vanko clearly told him exactly what species of bird it was, and presumably where to find it. Vanko is his one and only source of super-tech, and at this point he hasn't done anything to annoy Hammer. It's like he's trying to alienate him for no good reason.
** For the [[Captain Obvious|obvious reason]]: Hammer's a ''moron.''
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