military-industrial complex
noun
: an informal alliance of the military and related government departments with defense industries that is held to influence government policy
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Kurgan is home to a key part of Russia’s military-industrial complex — a giant factory that produces infantry fighting vehicles for the army which are in high demand in Ukraine where the Russian military is on the offensive in some areas.
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Reuters, NBC News, 12 Apr. 2024
With a hat trick of performances from Peter Sellers, the film satirizes the American military-industrial complex and Cold War paranoia while finding a few laughs in the face of nuclear holocaust.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2024
Their military-industrial complex appears to be humming in producing war materiel, and the Kremlin’s coffers have never been fuller.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024
But another reason Russia’s birth rate is so low today is that Putin needs soldiers and workers at military-industrial complex factories, and fewer Russians today want their children to grow up to become soldiers and workers.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2024
She was sent to gather information on America’s military-industrial complex.
—Jack Kresnak, Detroit Free Press, 21 Jan. 2024
The sanctions, which are intended to disrupt Putin's war efforts, take aim at Russia’s financial sector, military-industrial complex, procurement networks and sanctions evaders across multiple continents.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
Reshaping the war economy One of the biggest surprises for many Western observers has been Russia’s ability to reconstitute the old Soviet military-industrial complex in order to equip and field its armies and prosecute a long, materials-intensive war.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Feb. 2024
The new sanctions will further enhance trade restrictions against entities linked to the Russian military-industrial complex, diplomats said.
—Samuel Petrequin, Quartz, 21 Feb. 2024
Reuters, NBC News, 12 Apr. 2024
With a hat trick of performances from Peter Sellers, the film satirizes the American military-industrial complex and Cold War paranoia while finding a few laughs in the face of nuclear holocaust.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2024
Their military-industrial complex appears to be humming in producing war materiel, and the Kremlin’s coffers have never been fuller.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024
But another reason Russia’s birth rate is so low today is that Putin needs soldiers and workers at military-industrial complex factories, and fewer Russians today want their children to grow up to become soldiers and workers.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2024
She was sent to gather information on America’s military-industrial complex.
—Jack Kresnak, Detroit Free Press, 21 Jan. 2024
The sanctions, which are intended to disrupt Putin's war efforts, take aim at Russia’s financial sector, military-industrial complex, procurement networks and sanctions evaders across multiple continents.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
Reshaping the war economy One of the biggest surprises for many Western observers has been Russia’s ability to reconstitute the old Soviet military-industrial complex in order to equip and field its armies and prosecute a long, materials-intensive war.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Feb. 2024
The new sanctions will further enhance trade restrictions against entities linked to the Russian military-industrial complex, diplomats said.
—Samuel Petrequin, Quartz, 21 Feb. 2024
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