The decline of South Africa’s defence industry

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dc.contributor.authorMatthews, Ron
dc.contributor.authorKoh, Collin
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-11T15:29:11Z
dc.date.available2021-08-11T15:29:11Z
dc.date.issued2021-08-08
dc.description.abstractThe growth of South Africa’s apartheid era defence industry was propelled by international isolation following the 1984 UN arms embargo and revealed military technology deficiencies during the border war. Weapons innovation became an imperative, fostering development of frontier technologies and upgrades of legacy platforms that drove expansion in arms exports. However, this golden era was not to last. The 1994 election of the country’s first democratic government switched resources from military to human security. The resultant defence-industrial stagnation continues to this day, exacerbated by corruption, unethical sales, and government mismanagement. The industry’s survival into the 2020s cannot be assured.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationMatthews R, Koh C. (2021) The decline of South Africa’s defence industry. Defense and Security Analysis, Volume 37, Number 3, pp. 251-273en_UK
dc.identifier.issn1475-1798
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/14751798.2021.1961070
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/16989
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_UK
dc.subjectdefence industryen_UK
dc.subjectarms exportsen_UK
dc.subjectcorruptionen_UK
dc.subjectoffseten_UK
dc.titleThe decline of South Africa’s defence industryen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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