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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Waste of resources invested in obsolete armaments

Waste of resources invested in obsolete armaments

  • Obsolescent weapons

Broader

Waste of resources
Presentable
Obsolete industries
Unpresentable
Obsolete defence planning
Unpresentable
Block obsolescence of military technology
Unpresentable

Narrower

Dismantling of nuclear weapons
Presentable

Aggravated by

Planned obsolescence
Presentable
Excess military capacity
Unpresentable

Related

Marine disposal of obsolete weapons
Unpresentable

Strategy

Updating armaments
Yet to rate
Reducing amount of waste of resources invested in obsolete armaments
Yet to rate
Investing resources in armaments
Yet to rate

Value

Wastage
Yet to rate
Obsolescence
Yet to rate

Reference

Kaldor, Mary: The Baroque Arsenal

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #7: Affordable and Clean Energy

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Commerce » Finance
  • Defence » Arms
  • Resources » Resources
  • Societal problems » Obsolescence
  • Societal problems » Waste
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    E9346
    DOCID
    11593460
    D7NID
    147344
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020