Arms Production and National Security in Argentina

Bibliographic Data

ID4547729
AuthorsEdward S Milenky (corresponding author)
Year1980
Volume22
Issue3
Pages267-288
Publication date1980-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1937 • E-ISSN: 2162-2736
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/165490
OpenAlexW2782986052
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited4

Since 1950, 28 developing countries have produced tanks, ships, aircraft, other major weapons systems, and infantry and artillery weapons for their own use and for export. Local input has ranged from assembly of imported components to completely indigenous design and manufacture. In 1967 exports from lessdeveloped countries (LDCs) were worth $194 million, as compared to exports from all sources of $201 billion. By 1976 world arms exports had increased to $398 billion and LDC exports to $820 million (ACDA, 1978). Even though the role of lessdeveloped countries in world arms production is still small, it is growing and can be significant in some local and regional contexts.Nascent defense industries in the Third World raise important questions. Terrorists, insurgents, and governments everywhere may find arms more readily available as sources of supply diversify. The spread of weapons manufacture both reflects and promotes the diffusion of power within the international system at large

Artillery · Business · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Geography · Indigenous · International trade · Nuclear weapon · Political science · Production (economics) · Small arms · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance

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