‘GET YER RED HOT BOMBER’: THE EFFECT OF POLITICAL CHANGE ON THE DEFENCE INDUSTRY IN EASTERN EUROPE

The end of the Cold War and the fall of communist regimes in Eastern Europe has had a profound effect on the political and economic life in those countries. The changes have resulted in cuts in defence spending in both Western and Eastern Europe. The aim of this search was to find out how the defence industry in Eastern Europe is adapting to the new political climate and to look in particular at how production facilities and military installations are now being used.