The globalization of the arms industry: The next proliferation challenge
The globalization of the arms industry entails a significant shift away from traditional, single-country patterns of weapons production toward internationalization of the development, production, and marketing of arms. While wholly indigenous armaments production may be on the decline, multinational arms production - through collaboration on individual weapon systems and increasingly via interfirm linkages across the international arms industry - appears actually to be expanding. In several instances, in fact, multinational armaments production is increasingly supplementing or even supplanting indigenous or autonomous weapons production or arms imports. The emergence of an increasingly transnational defense technology and industrial base is fundamentally affecting the shape and content of much of the global arms trade. This changing defense market, in turn, will have a profound impact on a number of national security issues concerning the Western industrialized nations. 3 figs., 2 tabs.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 450610
- Journal Information:
- International Security, Journal Name: International Security Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 19; ISSN INTSDR; ISSN 0162-2889
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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