Analysis of Strategic Environment and Characteristics of the World’s Defense Industry

In the discourse on defense, especially in the context of military defense, defense readiness and defense independence are two topics that become a matter of contention for policy makers, with significant political implications if they are not considered. Defense readiness is the availability of the elements needed in a defense effort, both human and equipment and supplies as well as other supports, as well as the ease of deploying these elements. Meanwhile, independence is understood as how capable a country is to carry out these elements by itself using all the resources owned by the country. This study aims to analyze the relationship between the condition of a country and the defense industry model that is built and implemented. The research conducted this time can be understood as a qualitative literature study. The data collection method used in this study consists of several methods aimed at retrieving as much data as possible. The data collection method used in this survey is a document survey. The conclusions drawn from the research conducted are that the social aspects of the country's strategic environment may influence the relationship between the organizational structure of the country's defense industry and its networks and subsystems, as well as the relationship with the contextual history of a country