Body: "Industrial defense" is the field of the informal alliance between a nation's military and the defense industry that supplies it, seen together as a vested interest which influences public policy.
economics, Cold War, military subsidy theory are a few themes of "Industrial defense".
Some motivations are better understand the role industry plays in the military during war and peacetime.
A few notable experts of "Industrial defense" include J Paul Dunne, Christian Sandvig, Wolfram Elsner.