military-industrial complex

Definitions

1. Military and industrial facilities situated in the same place.
2. A nation's armed forces and industries (especially those supplying weapons and other materiel) collectively, regarded as a strong vested interest exerting great influence on the government.
   also, derogatory, often

Equivalents

Examples

“Likewise, Shreveport was the heart of a military–industrial complex that extended west to Marshall, Texas, and northwest to Jefferson, Texas, 50 miles from Shreveport to which it was linked by steamer through Cypress Bayou and Caddo Lake.”

“This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience⟳. […] In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence⟳, whether sought or unsought, by the military–industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise⟳ of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let⟳ the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes.”

“Over the past two years, Silicon Valley's leaders and investors—many of whom had once forsworn involvement in weapons and war—have⟳ plunged headfirst into the military industrial complex.”

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