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military-industrial complex

DEFINITIONS OF: military-industrial complex

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n a country's military establishment and the industries that produce arms and other military equipment

“"we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex"--Dwight David Eisenhower”
Type of:
vested interest
groups that seek to control a social system or activity from which they derive private benefit
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