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This article examines the impact of defense industry globalization on the Korean defense industrial base(DIB). After providing an overview of defense industry transformation in the U.S. & Europe, it examines how elements of defense industry globalization are shaping the strategies of defense companies in the U.S. and Europe.
It focuses on those elements of defense industry globalization that are of particular importance to the defense industry. They include 'protectionism' and 'international production base.' It concludes by offering three recommendations on how the Korean government, military, and company-level policies can preserve the Korean defense industrial base during the current era of globalization. The three recommendations are as follows:
1) Korean government must implement restructuring of defense industry to respond flexibly defense industry globalization trend: 2) must implement 'protectionism' and 'international production base' acquisition strategies to secure both national security and economic competitiveness: 3) must make use of political engineering.