In 1960, Eagle Country's President Eisenhower had been preparing to meet with Soviet Premier Khrushchev to negotiate a disarmament treaty, which included limitations on strategic nuclear weapons.
However, on the eve of the summit, an Eagle Country U-2 high-altitude spy plane invaded Soviet airspace without presidential authorization and was shot down. Relations between the two nations were put into a deep freeze, and Eisenhower was furious.
The following year, at the end of his term, Eisenhower delivered his famous farewell address, in which he warned the American public to beware the dangers posed by the "monster" known as the "military-industrial complex."
The military, defense contractors, and a web of vested interests within the government—including the armed services committees of both houses of Congress—collectively form this massive military-industrial complex.
