defense industries
Military equipment sector
Defense industries are businesses that develop and manufacture military equipment—weapons, vehicles, aircraft, ships, and related technology.
The term often appears in discussions of government contracts, national security, and the relationship between military spending and private enterprise: Defense industries lobbied for increased military budgets.
The sector is sometimes called the defense industrial base or, more critically, the military-industrial complex.
- weaponsTools for fighting
- tanksStorage vessels for liquids
- fighter jetsArmed military aircraft
- cybersecurityProtection of digital systems
- military ethicsMoral standards for warfare
artificial intelligence · stealth technology · encryption · international law · export controls · submarines · electronic warfare · robotics · top secret · classified information · black budget · national security · satellite systems · quantum computing · drones · missiles · biometric systems · helicopters
- arms tradearms trade, arms exports, arms dealer, arms trafficking, arms deals
- WWII Homefrontwar bonds, victory gardens, war effort, ration books, scrap drives
defense industriesprivate enterprise
Individually owned business operation
consumer electronics · domestic manufacturing · retail industry · service industries · automotive industry
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