arms industry
Defense contractor sector
The arms industry comprises companies that manufacture weapons, ammunition, and military equipment.
Also called the defense industry, particularly by those within it.
The term encompasses everything from small arms manufacturers to aerospace giants building fighter jets and missile systems.
The arms industry lobbies heavily against export restrictions.
Critics call it the military-industrial complex.
- RaytheonU.S. defense conglomerate
- BoeingAmerican aircraft manufacturer
- defense contractorsMilitary weapons manufacturers
- military technologyWeapons and warfare systems
- ammunitionWeapon projectiles and charges
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- nationalized sectorsrailways, postal service, national bank, national railway, public utilities
- war economicswar funding, war effort, mobilization, defense contracts, munitions
- Czechoslovak Militarymobilization, national defense, military strategy, border defenses, armored units
- Iranian Militarycommanders, generals, soldiers, defense minister, military budget
- militarysoldiers, army, troops, officers, navy
- military defenseair defense, missile defense, coastal defense, homeland defense, radar station
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Crisis relief for sufferers
pharmaceutical industry · life sciences · Red Cross · hospice care · Doctors Without Borders
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Campaign advocating nonviolent resolution
disarmament · arms control · pacifism · demilitarization · diplomacy
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Sector erecting structures
food production · infrastructure development · sustainable development · education sector · consumer goods
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