Une industrie de défense en transition Implications pour la sécurité internationale

The defence industry can pose a threat to international security, and the military-industrial complex can become overly involved in the very design of the instruments needed for a country's national security. The growing concentration of large arms groups is a cause for concern, but the state can still impose contractual conditions. For the maintenance of industrial competences, the contraction of expected production activities leads to a loss of know-how in the industrialisation of systems. Under these conditions, arms exports provide the necessary economies of scale, but there is always the risk that these weapons will not be put to good use for the selling country. While on the one hand arms production is a possible threat to peace, it is itself a sine qua non for the establishment of international security tools through deterrence.