Military Industrial Complex
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A term used to describe the federation of the military, the government, and defense industries.
With business slow due to the termination of the SDI program and post-Cold War arms reductions, and having missed out on next-generation combat aircraft projects, ArmsTech devised the Metal Gear project as a trump card. The company used its cozy relations with DARPA (the Defense Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency) to obtain a black budget for their nuclear-armed bipedal walking tank project. Their plan was to gain a technological edge over their competitors and thereby win an official contract from the Pentagon.