military-industrial complex
noun
: an informal alliance of the military and related government departments with defense industries that is held to influence government policy
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Russia’s military-industrial complex, feeding an insatiable war machine, has expanded significantly since the war began, as a result.
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Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2024
Even the missile wars against the Houthi rebels in Yemen put the U.S. military-industrial complex at a disadvantage, as the U.S. shoots down cheap Houthi missiles with expensive U.S. interceptors.
—William Hartung, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Western aid must include provisions to support the revitalization of Ukraine’s own defense firms, which were once the pride of the Soviet military-industrial complex.
—Eric Ciaramella, Foreign Affairs, 7 June 2023
Russia needs soldiers, IT specialists, workers for its military-industrial complex, and an obedient rising generation that has been indoctrinated in the revanchist and simplified history propagated in the new textbooks.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024
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Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2024
Even the missile wars against the Houthi rebels in Yemen put the U.S. military-industrial complex at a disadvantage, as the U.S. shoots down cheap Houthi missiles with expensive U.S. interceptors.
—William Hartung, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Western aid must include provisions to support the revitalization of Ukraine’s own defense firms, which were once the pride of the Soviet military-industrial complex.
—Eric Ciaramella, Foreign Affairs, 7 June 2023
Russia needs soldiers, IT specialists, workers for its military-industrial complex, and an obedient rising generation that has been indoctrinated in the revanchist and simplified history propagated in the new textbooks.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024
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