Force Acquisition I, Demand: The Biggest Bang for a Buck?

Ron Smith

Chapter 5 in Military Economics, 2009, pp 118-137 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract There are two dimensions to force acquisition and they will be covered in separate chapters. The first is demand, what troops and equipment are wanted, examined in this chapter. The second is supply, the arms industry and the arms trade that provide the weapons, examined in the next chapter.

Keywords: Armed Force; Intellectual Property Right; Defence Advance Research Project Agency; Military Coup; Military Technology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230244672_5

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