The MEK is an updated version of the Sequential Circuits Pro-One, probably the coolest widely available and affordable vintage synth, and they were both designed by Dave Smith.
Now, earlier in the war, a U.S. commander on the ground reached a temporary cease-fire with the MEK which he justified on the grounds that it enabled our forces to contain the MEK forces in cantonment areas, while not having to fight against them or to actively disarm them.