Email this article US military-industrial complex under the influence of the ukrainian conflict
- Authors: Shkrobtak I.O.1
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Affiliations:
- Georgy Arbatov Institute for U.S. and Canada Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences (ISKRAN)
- Issue: No 11 (2023)
- Pages: 18-26
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2686-6730/article/view/233804
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S2686673023110020
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/PPMMOI
- ID: 233804
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Abstract
This study is devoted to the study of the state of the military-industrial complex under the influence of the Ukrainian conflict, problems and prospects of development. The work is relevant due to the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine and the use of American weapons by the Armed Forces of Ukraine against Russian units during a special military operation. The article investigates such issues of the military-industrial complex as the gap between the civilian and military industries of the United States, the dependence of the American defense industry on foreign manufacturers and developers, the lack of complete chains of weapons creation and the unsuitability of American models for high-intensity conflict. The study particularly considers the relationship between civil and military production and the importance of a developed industry for the military-industrial complex. The paper focuses on the ideology of the creation and production of products of the American defense industry and their inconsistency with the conditions of a high-intensity conflict. The work emphasizes the need for serious financial injections and socio-economic reforms in any possible scenario for the development of the US military-industrial complex.
About the authors
Igor O. Shkrobtak
Georgy Arbatov Institute for U.S. and Canada Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences (ISKRAN)
Email: igor.shkrobtak@yandex.ru
Moscow, Russian Federation
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