Military Industrial Complex Speech by Eva Tieu

Q1: What is the Military industrial Complex? Use Eisenhower’s speech and the accompanying diagram to put it into words.

423429_ — 2024-04-29 17:32:47 UTC

The Military Industrial Complex was the relationship between the government, defense industry and the military. President Eisenhower warned about the influence of it, he believed that spending too much on military only would reduce other spending on nation's needs.

Q2: Who is Eisenhower referring to in line 11 as a “hostile ideology?”

423429_ — 2024-04-29 17:32:52 UTC

Eisenhower was most likely referring to Joseph Stalin (Communism)

Q3: Having now identified the “hostile ideology” Ike refers to in line 11, according to lines 12-13, how long will this conflict with the “hostile ideology” last?

423429_ — 2024-04-29 17:33:29 UTC

In Eisenhower's speech, he believes the hostile ideology will last an "indefinite duration".

Q4: Did this permanent arms industry exist prior to WWII?

423429_ — 2024-04-29 17:33:33 UTC

No, the US didn't have a permanent arms industry prior to WWII based on lines 14-15.

Q5: According to this pie chart, how much of every dollar in taxes is spent on defense?

423429_ — 2024-04-29 17:33:36 UTC

According to the pie chart, the US spent roughly $1.5 billion on their past and current military (defenses) in 2009.

Q7) Within Chart 1, – Who spends the 2nd most? How much less than the US? - Christof Bravo

423429_ — 2024-04-29 17:35:36 UTC

In Chart one, China is ranked 2nd of the largest military spenders in 2009. Against the U.S.'s $661 Billion of military spendings, China falls short from the U.S.'s spending with only $100 billion in military spendings. Having only spent $561 billion less than the U.S.

Q8) Within Chart 2, Of the top 10 largest weapons manufacturers, how many are US companies? - Christof Bravo

423429_ — 2024-04-29 17:35:40 UTC

Chart 2 shows off the top 10 largest weapons manufacturers with only 6 of the top companies being from the US, like the L-3 Communications, General Dynamics, Boeing, Raytheon, Northern Grumman, and placed 2nd of the largest weapons manufacturers being Lockheed Martin.

Q6) Within Chart 1, Of the entire amount the planet spends on defense, what percentage of that amount does the US spend? - Christof Bravo

423429_ — 2024-04-29 17:35:43 UTC

Chart 1, Throughout the chart's rankings, most countries' share of the whole world's military spending range around 3-4% with such countries like Russia, UK, and France, along with China having only account for 6% of military spending share. While, the US alone had been accounted for 43% of the World's military spending in 2009.

Q9 - Chart 3 – List the top 3 nuclear nations and the number of Total nuclear warheads.

2024-04-29 17:40:08 UTC

Top 3 nuclear nations and the total number of nuclear war heads include:

USA - 9600
Russia - 12000
UK - 225

Q10 - Chart 4 – How many billions of dollars in weapons does the US sell worldwide (and within the US)?

2024-04-29 17:42:20 UTC

The US sells $229.9 billion in weapons worldwide.