US arms industry and The global financial crisis

Abstract

US policies, especially in military and economic aspects put many questions, first and foremost is the question of who is supporting whom? Is it the strong economy, which lay is behind the strengthening of the US military pillars of the state, or that the United States take advantage of the superior military capabilities in the perpetuation of global economic leadership, opening the way for it to obtain economic gains through the use of military force? The facts confirm that the United States as the largest arms exporting countries, are used not only to expand its political influence, but also to be a substitute for direct foreign military presence foreign military sales. Despite the high cost of American-made equipment, but the market share is expanding year after year, sales of weapons and even in the past few years when the arms market shrunk at the international level, the standing of the United States of America made international continues to rise . Military industries in the United States offers a unique model for relations of reciprocity between the executive and legislative institutions and the military, as the evolution of the arms industry, accompanied by developments in other fields, particularly at the level of the development of strategic plans and studies, as well as stimulating research and development, technical and various science fields, and in finding wide job opportunities and economic development. The financial crisis in the United States military has provided an opportunity for industries to save the economy and provide opportunities to address the crisis, not only by increasing military spending, but through the expansion of the US arms market and find new outlets for marketing and production development.