To the Editor:

In his farewell address to the nation, President Dwight Eisenhower said in referring to an immense military establishment and large arms industry: “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.” 

Eisenhower was clairvoyant when he warned the nation about the dangers of a powerful military-industrial complex.