When covering the topic of military-political confrontation between different states, many researchers overlook or do not pay due attention to the issues of the struggle for primacy in the field of scientific and technological progress, even if we are talking about military-industrial complexes and their competition with each other. The book by A. B. Shirokorad reveals the most interesting details of our country's receipt of the latest weapons, communication and surveillance systems, etc. Were they the result of the efforts of domestic designers alone, or were they based, among other things, on foreign experience? Why not only the characteristics, but also the appearance of many technical innovations in different states are almost identical to each other? The reader will find answers to these and many other questions in this book.