Weapons-integration disputes are also identified among European manufacturers. Vickers-Armstrongs supplies a historical comparison: a capable builder described as objecting when customers wanted other firms' weapons fitted to its ships and systems. The example broadens the criticism of supplier control beyond American manufacturers. Firm government enforcement of integration requirements is the proposed response within this argument.
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Vickers-Armstrongs and resistance to rival weapons
The weapons-integration criticism includes European companies and a historical comparison with Vickers-Armstrongs.