Technical Change in the Defence Industry

Mary Kaldor

Chapter 6 in Technical Innovation and British Economic Performance, 1980, pp 100-121 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The main arms-manufacturing sectors in Britain today are aircraft, shipbuilding, mechanical engineering, and electronics. Other industries, especially electrical engineering, instrument engineering and motor vehicles, are also engaged, to a lesser extent, in production for the military market. In the USA, the automobile industry plays a much more important role in the defence sector than in Britain. Table 6.1 shows the military share of output for each of these industries.

Keywords: Technical Change; Defence Industry; Military Spending; Weapon System; Military Equipment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1980
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-04561-7_6

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