arms industry

Arms industry — Workers assemble pistols at the John Inglis munitions plant, Canada, April 1944 The arms industry is a global industry and business which manufactures and sells weapons and military technology and equipment. It comprises government and commercial …   Wikipedia

arms industry — 1) Военный термин: промышленность вооружения 2) Деловая лексика: военная промышленность, оборонная промышленность …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

Hellenic Arms Industry — Infobox Company company name = Hellenic Arms Industry Ελληνική Βιομηχανία Όπλων company company type = Subsidiary genre = foundation = 1977 founder = location city = Athens location country = Greece location = origins = key people = area served …   Wikipedia

Pakistani Arms Industry — the Ministry of Defence Production was created in September 1991 to promote and coordinate the patchwork of military production facilities that have developed since independence. The ministry also includes seven other specialized organizations… …   Wikipedia

Industry —    Industry became an important, diverse, and fast growing sector of the Israeli economy that contributed about one third of the gross national product by the late 1970s and also became a major source of employment and of commodity exports. The… …   Historical Dictionary of Israel

Industry of Romania — Romania has been very successful in developing dynamic telecommunications, industrial robots, aerospace, and weapons sectors. Industry and construction accounted for 32% of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2003, a comparatively large share even… …   Wikipedia

Arms Export Control Act — The Arms Export Control Act gives the President of the United States the authority to control the import and export of defense articles and defense services. It requires governments that receive weapons from the United States to use them for… …   Wikipedia

Arms industry in Romania — Romania is the 11th largest arms supplier in the world. The Romanian arms industry s main customer, for whom they mainly build warships, guns, weapons, and equipment, is the Romanian government.Furthermore, record high defense expenditure… …   Wikipedia

Industry — For other uses of this term, see Industry (disambiguation) An industry (from Latin industrius , diligent, industrious ) is the manufacturing of a good or service within a category. [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/industry industry… …   Wikipedia

Arms-to-Iraq — The Arms to Iraq affair concerned the uncovering of the government endorsed sale of arms by British companies to Iraq, then under the rule of Saddam Hussein. The scandal contributed to the growing dissatisfaction with the Conservative government… …   Wikipedia