ABSTRACT
The American attitude at the end of World War II was to keep military as strong as possible and to project a stabilizing power over a troubled world. The large spike in the 1980s, across all categories, reflects the determination of the Reagan administration to meet the challenge of the Russian military buildup. In 1985 the organizational issue was resolved when the secretary of defense agreed to the creation of the Defense Technology Security Administration. The Low Observable Committee within the Pentagon not only has a mission to protect stealth technology, but it also serves as an example of the hidden hands operating in the defense development and production arena in the United States. Despite DTSA's success, global economic changes and the globalization of US industry made its mission increasingly less likely to be successful, especially when cyber espionage continually racked up success after success targeting defense programs and the industries that produced products for those programs.
