bɪkˈʌz ʌvðə sˈeɪftikɹˈɪɾɪkəl nˈeɪtʃɚɹ ʌv sˈʌtʃ tɛknˈɑːlədʒi, pɚtˈɪkjʊlɚli wˈɛpənz sˈɪstəmz, ðə ɡˈʌvɚnmənt ænd dᵻfˈɛns fˈɜːmz kˈeɪm tʊ ɛmplˈɔɪ hˈʌndɹɪdz ʌv θˈaʊzəndz ʌv pˈiːpəl ɪn ɪnspˈɛkʃən ænd mˈɑːnɪɾɚɹɪŋ ʌv hˈaɪlikˈɑːmplɛks pɹˈɑːdʌkts ɐsˈɛmbəld fɹʌm hˈʌndɹɪdz ʌv θˈaʊzəndz ʌv ˌɪndᵻvˈɪdʒuːəl pˈɑːɹts.
Because of the safety-critical nature of such technology, particularly weapons systems, the government and defense firms came to employ hundreds of thousands of people in inspection and monitoring of highly-complex products assembled from hundreds of thousands of individual parts.