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Technology Transfer and the RMA: the Scope and Limitations of Licensed Production for the United Kingdom

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According to its advocates, the RMA will fundamentally affect the future use of military power. Proponents claim that the integration of systems that collect, process and communicate information with those that apply military force will create an American military capability far superior to that of its allies or of any potential adversary. As Freedman points out, the extent to which the RMA is currently underway ‘is rather particular. Only the United States has the economic resources and the military infrastructure to begin to follow this path’.1 In terms of the enabling technologies of the RMA — precision guided munitions, stealth weapons, sensors and defence suppression techniques — US defence industries have a clear development and manufacturing lead over their counterparts in the West European NATO states.

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    Matthew Uttley (Senior Lecturer)

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    Ron Matthews (Professor of Defence Economics) (Professor of Defence Economics)

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    John Treddenick (Professor of Economics) (Professor of Economics)

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Uttley, M. (2001). Technology Transfer and the RMA: the Scope and Limitations of Licensed Production for the United Kingdom. In: Matthews, R., Treddenick, J. (eds) Managing the Revolution in Military Affairs. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230294189_12

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