Somehow this made me think of the Indiana Jones / Tomb Raider movies: In both if the protagonist simply stayed uninvolved the various artifacts would never have

Somehow this made me think of the Indiana Jones / Tomb Raider movies: In both if the protagonist simply stayed uninvolved the various artifacts would never have been found. It is often the way with US military (perhaps replace never with "not for much longer"): Most enemy and potential enemy designs and innovations are the direct result of espionage on the efforts of the US.