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Weapons Procurement: Domestic Production versus Imports

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  • Ron Smith
  • Jacques Fontanel

    (CESICE - Centre d'études sur la sécurité internationale et les coopérations européennes - UPMF - Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2 - IEPG - Sciences Po Grenoble - Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble)

Abstract

There is a wide range of acquisition modes, from the purchase of an entirely national weapon to importing it from a friendly country, but sometimes from a state wishing to increase its returns to scale. There are some ambiguities in choosing between import and export, when the products are available in the country at widely divergent prices. The quality of technology, industrial property, weapon components and the independence criteria adopted by the state must be taken into account. There are arguments in favor of national public procurement on military aspects, but national security must be able to have the best military technology at its disposal as part of a policy of deterrence. On the industrial aspects, arms production makes it possible to develop research and development, but it is also a financial risk in the framework of an arms race.

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  • Ron Smith & Jacques Fontanel, 1987. "Weapons Procurement: Domestic Production versus Imports," Post-Print hal-02961554, HAL.
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    1. Smith, Ronald P., 1980. "Military expenditure and investment in OECD countries, 1954-1973," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 4(1), pages 19-32, March.
    2. Ron Smith & Anthony Humm & Jacques Fontanel, 1987. "Capital-labour substitution in defence provision," Post-Print hal-03205374, HAL.
    3. Mary Kaldor, 1980. "Technical Change in the Defence Industry," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Keith Pavitt (ed.), Technical Innovation and British Economic Performance, chapter 6, pages 100-121, Palgrave Macmillan.
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    2. Lynne M. Pepall & Daniel M. Shapiro, 1989. "The Military-Industrial Complex in Canada," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 15(3), pages 265-284, September.
    3. Michael Ward & Jacques Fontanel, 1991. "Arms exports and growth in France," Post-Print hal-03542885, HAL.
    4. Ron Smith & Jacques Fontanel, 1990. "The UK Defence Sector," Post-Print hal-02977609, HAL.
    5. Jacques Fontanel, 2004. "L'Etat, la sécurité nationale et le secteur militaire Le cas d'un désarmement," Post-Print hal-02869516, HAL.
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    7. Jacques Fontanel & Jean-Paul Hébert, 1991. "French public defence expenditure and procurement policy," Working Papers hal-03207447, HAL.
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    11. Jean-Paul Hébert & Jacques Fontanel, 1991. "Economic Impact of Dual-Use Industries in France," Working Papers hal-03227080, HAL.

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