Duffy's argument rejects the idea that support for defence automatically means warmongering. Credible armed strength can underpin deterrence while a government pursues arms-control talks, conventional-force reductions, and a comprehensive test ban. He also places naval policy inside the industrial economy by naming the large civilian workforce in shipbuilding, aircraft, electronics, and support. These were often skilled, absorbing, well-paid jobs that preserved personal dignity and national capacity. Defence spending could therefore be defended from a labour and peace-policy perspective as well as a military one.
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Defense spending as deterrence and skilled employment
The debate links adequate armed forces to peace, alliance cooperation, industrial skill, and well-paid shipbuilding employment.