International Technology Transfer as Practiced by the U.S.S.R. Implications for U.S. National Security
Abstract
In its broadest sense, technology transfer encompasses the collection, documentation and dissemination of scientific and technical information, including data on the performance and costs of using the technology; the transformation of research and technology into processes, products, and services that can be applied to public or private needs; and the secondary application of research or technology developed for a particular mission that fills a need in another environment. The above perspective of technology transfer is a benign one; one which takes place among and between amicable and cooperating sociopolitical, cultural and/or national friends. The following paper examines the more notorious side of the technology transfer issue, with especial emphasis on its practice by the Soviet Union, who through copying, espionage, and blatant thievery, sooner or later acquire western technology for themselves and Warsaw Pact nations. Forms of technology transfer are scrutinized through the use of several case studies and finally the efforts used by the U.S. at deterring this leaching away of one of the bulwarks of western-nation national security are surveyed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 12, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA208010
Entities
People
- Marvin D. Redd Sr.
Organizations
- United States Army War College