Arms industry
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The arms industry is a global industry and business which manufactures and sells weapons and military technology and equipment. Arms producing companies, also referred to as Defence companies or military industry, produce arms mainly for the armed forces of states. Products include guns, ammunition, missiles, military aircraft, military vehicles, ships, electronic systems, and more. The arms industry also conducts significant research and development.
It is estimated that yearly, over 1 trillion dollars are spent on military expenditures worldwide (2% of World GDP).
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See also
- Lord of War
- Arms control
- Arms embargo
- Arms trafficking
- Cyber-arms industry
- Disarmament
- Guns versus butter model
- List of US defense contractors
- List of chemical arms control agreements
- Military funding of science (History of military technology)
- Military Keynesianism
- Naval conference
- Nuclear disarmament
- Offset agreement
- Peace dividend
- Peace and conflict studies
- Private military company
- Permanent war economy
- Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
- Small arms trade
- Torture trade
- United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
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