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The '''military–industrial complex''' ('''MIC''') describes the relationship between a nation's military and the defense industry that supplies it, seen together as a vested interest which influences public policy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=military+industrial+complex&submit.x=0&submit.y=0|title=military industrial complex|year=2015|work=American Heritage Dictionary|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|access-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306085818/https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=military+industrial+complex&submit.x=0&submit.y=0|archive-date=March 6, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/military-industrial-complex?q=military-industrial+complex|title=definition of military-industrial complex (American English)|work=[[OxfordDictionaries.com]]|access-date=3 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/military%20industrial%20complex|title=Definition of Military–industrial complex|work=[[Merriam-Webster]]|access-date=3 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="Bacevich2009">{{cite book|first=Alex|last=Roland|title=The Long War: A New History of U.S. National Security Policy Since World War II|date=2009-06-22|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=9780231131599|editor-last1=Bacevich|editor-first1=Andrew J.|pages=335–70|chapter=The Military-Industrial Complex: lobby and trope|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NCWtAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA335}}</ref> The term is most often used in reference to the system behind the military of the [[Imperialism|imperialist]] [[United States of America|United States]], where it is most prevalent due to close links between [[Defense contractor|defense contractors]], [[the Pentagon]] and politicians<ref name="npr">{{cite news|title=Ike's Warning Of Military Expansion, 50 Years Later|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/01/17/132942244/ikes-warning-of-military-expansion-50-years-later|access-date=27 March 2019|publisher=NPR|date=17 January 2011}}</ref><ref>"[[Stockholm International Peace Research Institute|SIPRI]] Year Book 2008; Armaments, Disarmaments and International Security" [[Oxford University Press]] 2008 {{ISBN|9780199548958}}</ref>
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The '''military–industrial complex''' ('''MIC''') describes the relationship between a nation's military and the defense industry that supplies it, seen together as a vested interest which influences public policy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=military+industrial+complex&submit.x=0&submit.y=0|title=military industrial complex|year=2015|work=American Heritage Dictionary|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|access-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306085818/https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=military+industrial+complex&submit.x=0&submit.y=0|archive-date=March 6, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/military-industrial-complex?q=military-industrial+complex|title=definition of military-industrial complex (American English)|work=[[OxfordDictionaries.com]]|access-date=3 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/military%20industrial%20complex|title=Definition of Military–industrial complex|work=[[Merriam-Webster]]|access-date=3 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="Bacevich2009">{{cite book|first=Alex|last=Roland|title=The Long War: A New History of U.S. National Security Policy Since World War II|date=2009-06-22|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=9780231131599|editor-last1=Bacevich|editor-first1=Andrew J.|pages=335–70|chapter=The Military-Industrial Complex: lobby and trope|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NCWtAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA335}}</ref> The term is most often used in reference to the system behind the military of the [[Imperialism|imperialist]] [[United States of America|United States]], where it is most prevalent due to close links between [[Defense contractor|defense contractors]], [[the Pentagon]] and politicians<ref name="npr">{{cite news|title=Ike's Warning Of Military Expansion, 50 Years Later|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/01/17/132942244/ikes-warning-of-military-expansion-50-years-later|access-date=27 March 2019|publisher=NPR|date=17 January 2011}}</ref><ref>"[[Stockholm International Peace Research Institute|SIPRI]] Year Book 2008; Armaments, Disarmaments and International Security" [[Oxford University Press]] 2008 {{ISBN|9780199548958}}</ref><ref>[https://youtu.be/yBpyAU41NJk Will the US war machine roll on?] by [[Renegade Inc.]] on [[Russia Times|RT]]</ref>
 
== See also ==
 
* [[MICIMATT]] - an extension of the MIC concept


== References ==
== References ==
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The military–industrial complex (MIC) describes the relationship between a nation's military and the defense industry that supplies it, seen together as a vested interest which influences public policy.[1][2][3][4] The term is most often used in reference to the system behind the military of the imperialist United States, where it is most prevalent due to close links between defense contractors, the Pentagon and politicians[5][6][7]

See also

  • MICIMATT - an extension of the MIC concept

References

  1. "SIPRI Year Book 2008; Armaments, Disarmaments and International Security" Oxford University Press 2008 Template:ISBN
  2. Will the US war machine roll on? by Renegade Inc. on RT