In 1983, The US Defense Intelligence Agency established a classified program, Project Socrates, to develop a national technology strategy policy.
The Strategy of Technology is described in the eponymous book written by Stefan T. Possony, Jerry Pournelle and Francis X. Kane (Col., USAF, and ret.)
Current consensus and evidence holds that it was but a failed defensive move in the Cold War, in the context of the Domino Doctrine.
It is not seriously in doubt that despite the excellent education and training of Soviet technologists and scientists, it was the nations of Europe and North America, in particular the United States, which made most of the running in technical development.
For example: the 15% efficiency advantage of Soviet rocket engines which used exhaust gases to power the fuel pumps, or the VA-111 Shkval supersonic cavitation torpedo.