Arms manufacturers represent the productive units of the arms industry, also known as the arms trade, a global industry which manufactures and sells weapons and military technology. It consists of a commercial industry involved in the research and development, engineering, production, and servicing of military material, equipment, and facilities. In most contexts it is intimately connected with the so-called military industrial complex (MIC), a self-perpetuating complex of industries that wields influence in governments to create anxiety in populations about security for which it claims to provide an antidote, while actively promoting its products to governments.
The MIC is heavily invested in driving anti-China sentiment, as it provides a rationale for countries to spend increasing proportions of their budgets on weapons. Among them are:
Lockheed Martin: A global security and aerospace company, known for producing fighter jets (F-35, F-22), missiles, and other defence systems.
Raytheon Technologies: A major defence contractor specializing in missiles, sensors, and other advanced technologies.
Northrop Grumman: A leading global security company involved in aerospace, defence, and cyberspace.
Boeing: A major aerospace and defence manufacturer, producing aircraft, defence systems, and space exploration technologies.
General Dynamics: Involved in shipbuilding, land systems, and aerospace.
BAE Systems: A British multinational defence, security, and aerospace company.
Of these, one should note that the supposedly independent ASPI (Australian Strategic Policy Institute), according to its own disclosures, receives funding from Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon Technologies, making its claim to independence laughable.
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