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military–industrial complex
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concept in sociology and military and political science
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Vinony's link graph records 1,162 inbound references to military–industrial complex, and connects out to Russia, International Standard Book Number and The New York Times.
It sits within the topics 1961 neologisms, Arms industry and Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Vinony links it to 48 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- iron triangle
- Has part
- academia
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- contributing factor of
- militarization
- handled, mitigated, or managed by
- militarization
- short name
- MIK
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- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- topic's main category
- Category:Military–industrial complex
- described by source
- Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
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Encyclopedic overview
The expression military–industrial complex (MIC) describes the relationship between a country's military and the defense industry that supplies it, seen together as a vested interest which influences public policy. A driving factor behind the relationship between the military and the defense corporations is that both sides benefit—one side from obtaining weapons, and the other from being paid to supply them.
The concept of a military-industrial complex is unique to the United States, or at least use of the term with reference to other countries entails significant ambiguity as to the meaning. The expression gained popularity after a warning of the relationship's harmful effects, in the farewell address of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1961. The term has also been used in relation to Russia, especially since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “military–industrial complex” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.