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According to the Russian newspaper Independent on August 22, in 1961, then-US President Dwight Eisenhower pointed out in his State of the Union address that the military industry's comprehensive and unreasonable influence on the government and even society was dangerous. He believed that "only an informed and vigilant civil society" could control the influence of industrial giants.

President Eisenhower's warning is relevant. One proof of this is that the US defense is based on super expensive weapons, which industrial giants are interested in producing. The Americans themselves say: "Our army is obsessed with complex, high-tech and irreplaceable systems. These systems are becoming more and more expensive and unaffordable. The production period is getting longer and longer." They have drawn some conclusions from the new technologies used by Ukraine and Russia in military confrontation.

These Americans also understand that it is difficult to influence the large military-industrial complex. For decades, these companies have built their business on manufacturing extremely expensive tanks, fighters, bombers, missiles, ships and submarines. Therefore, the United States will certainly continue to produce a small number of very expensive weapons. But the United States is likely to add new production to this, that is, to produce new and cheaper weapons that have performed best in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. New factories may produce drones, unmanned boats, unmanned vehicles, and new electronic warfare, reconnaissance and surveillance equipment.

The United States has plans to build giant new factories to quickly mass-produce the most efficient and cheap tools of war.

The "informed and vigilant" American society is trying to weaken the influence of traditional military giants in this way. American military companies are unlikely to be happy to see the large-scale production of new and cheap war tools in the country. After all, if the national budget pays for the purchase of 1 million drones, there will be less money to order traditional tanks and ships.