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Is Defence Inflation Really as High as Claimed?

By David Kirkpatrick
31 Oct 2008

David Kirkpatrick is an Associate Fellow of RUSI. In this article he examines the facts behind the claims that defence inflation is higher than the national GDP deflator and provides illumination on the heat generated by others.



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