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This article uses a Swedish perspective and context to illustrate general, theoretical and applied, discussions on defense-specific inflation, productivity in defense, cost escalation of defense equipment, absolute and relative defense capability plus the construction and use of defense price indices. Sweden uses a Defense Price Index (FPI) which is a composite index of different civilan, non-defense, indices to “automatically” adjust the defense budget for price changes. This should ideally allow decision makers to concentrate on incremental decisions and their economic consequences when deciding on a new defense budget. This approach requires a high precision from FPI in targeting defense inflation. The problems with achieving such a precise index are illustrated in the article. Critical points, in particular, are defining and measuring productivity in defense and price and/or cost escalation of defense equipment. Another complication is that defense, and not only defense equipment, is a “tournament good” where the most important capability is the relative capability compared mainly with potential opponents in military conflicts and not the absolute capability. Since Sweden recently abolished conscription there are reflections on opportunity costs of conscription in the article as well as results from Swedish and other studies on cost escalation of defense equipment.
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125672
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2013.
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With the standard missile SM-1 out of service date looming, a number of FFG-7 guided missile frigate operators are considering upgrading to the more capable SM-2 version. Australia is the first to follow the course.
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125966
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2013.
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An exclusive invitation to visit the Lincoln facility of UK-based Selex ES, for an in-depth experience at their Electronic Warfare Operational Support (EWOS) offerings, provided an excellent opportunity to get a closer look at EWOS and the crucial role it plays in today's battlefield. Over a packed day full of briefings on EWOS, this correspondent was taken through the entire spectrum of EWOS, starting from the various products and tools used to analysis and testing of the mission data file using hardware-in-the-loop simulators.
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