Baker, immediately prior to his death, also urged the operative sent to dispel the terrorist occupation, Solid Snake to retrieve the data and send it to the Pentagon and quickly quell the incident, as he feared the backlash that would have resulted from the incident had it gone public, causing Snake to become suspicious about what Metal Gear had in terms of equipment. Baker was on hand during the takeover to oversee the final testing of Metal Gear REX and died during the revolt as a result of FOXDIE, a genetically engineered virus that was also revealed in Nastasha's book, in order to silence him. After the incident became public through the release of Nastasha Romanenko's In the Darkness of Shadow Moses, the ensuing controversy surrounding the incident and how it directly went against the Sears Administration's stance on nuclear disarmament and anti-eugenic policies led to the eventual resignation of President George Sears. This was thwarted by a lone mercenary hired by the government named Solid Snake. REX's secret development was divulged after an incident in which a rogue special forces group, led by the renegade FOXHOUND, planned on hijacking the weapon to achieve their own goals. Shadow Moses Incident Main article: Shadow Moses Incidentīy early 2005, ArmsTech had created a new type of nuclear warhead to be used by Metal Gear REX, which was virtually undetectable to enemy defensive systems, and thus could not be intercepted. In addition, the installation of REX's capability of launching stealth nukes via its rail gun, had it been exposed to the public, would have resulted in ArmsTech being shut down, and its president, Kenneth Baker himself facing an inquiry. The project was overseen by ArmsTech chief engineer Hal Emmerich who was unaware he was developing a nuclear attack system, instead thinking that he was developing a machine to shoot down missiles for defensive purposes. In 2002, ArmsTech proceeded with Metal Gear REX's construction at a nuclear weapons disposal facility on Shadow Moses Island, Alaska. Kenneth Baker, President of ArmsTech in 2005. The rest of the Department of Defense also agreed to the development, namely because they were caught in a similarly bad financial state. They were creating REX to secretly promote a nuclear installation plan in an attempt to overcome a global trend of military downsizing. ArmsTech heavily bribed the chief of DARPA Donald Anderson to back the REX program. The Pentagon's black budget had earlier been freed up after the cancellation of the Arsenal Ship Project, following the death of CNO Admiral Boorda, during its second trials. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots ReviewĬirca May 1996, ArmsTech proposed the development of Metal Gear REX to DARPA, which became a secret black project. At this moment, ArmsTech was on the verge of bankruptcy, with rumors ensuing that it was the target of a hostile takeover. Moreover, although ArmsTech led the world in the development of stealth technology, they experienced tremendous economic difficulty because of their failure in their bid to manufacture the USAF's next line of main fighter planes. ArmsTech was involved in the development of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) and the rail gun, but they suffered an enormous financial loss when those projects were terminated due to military cutbacks in the 1990s. ArmsTech achieved rapid growth during the Cold War in what was a boom time for the arms industry, and became the second largest arms manufacturer in the world.
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