military-industrial complex

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Etymology

Popularized by US president Dwight D. Eisenhower in his farewell address in 1961, see quotations.

Noun

military–industrial complex

  1. The armed forces of a nation together with the industries that supply their weapons and materiel.
    Synonyms: war machine, (abbreviation) MIC
    • 1961 January 17, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Farewell address‎[1]:
      In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes.
    • 2025 August 4, Sheera Frenkel, “The Militarization of Silicon Valley”, in The New York Times‎[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 August 2025:
      Over the past two years, Silicon Valley’s leaders and investors — many of whom had once forsworn involvement in weapons and war — have plunged headfirst into the military industrial complex.

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