MILPLEX

The Military Industrial Complex

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Russia former deputy defence minister faces embezzlement trial
Jan 29, 2025 (AFP)
Russia has arrested a number of generals and military leaders in a clampdown on allegations of rampant inefficiency and corruption amid the Ukraine offensive. I...
Ukraine sacks deputy minister amid arms procurement infighting
Jan 28, 2025 (AFP)
Kyiv has for months been trying to clean up its weapons procurement process in the face of repeated corruption scandals and chronic arms shortages for its soldi...
India boosts domestic arms industry and looks West to pare back Russia reliance
Jan 27, 2025 (AFP)
At a time when Moscow's military-industrial complex is occupied with the ongoing war in Ukraine, India has made the modernisation of its armed forces a top prio...
Portugal says to meet NATO defence spend minimum earlier
Jan 27, 2025 (AFP)
But neighbouring Spain, bottom of the pile of NATO members' defence spending as a proportion of output, refused to budge on its timeline of hitting the two-perc...
Netanyahu says France to allow Israeli firms at Paris air show
Jan 26, 2025 (AFP)
"The French president assured the prime minister that Israeli companies would be able to participate in the Paris Air Show," Netanyahu's office said in a statem...
India shows military might and diversity at Republic Day parade
Jan 26, 2025 (AFP)
Republic Day marks the adoption of India's post-independence constitution in 1950 with the parade being held at a revamped colonial-era boulevard that also host...
US lawmakers say UAE still sending arms to Sudan fighters
Jan 24, 2025 (AFP)
The two Democrats last month agreed to lift objections to a $1.2 billion arms sale to the UAE by the then administration of fellow Democrat Joe Biden after the ...
Raids and detentions in Ukraine arms smuggling crackdown
Jan 23, 2025 (AFP)
The proliferation of small arms in the war-battered country since the Russian invasion in early 2022 has raised concerns about smuggling both inside Ukraine and...
EU's top diplomat backs Trump call to boost defence spending
Jan 22, 2025 (AFP)
Kallas's rallying cry was the latest in a slew of increasingly alarming warnings on defence from European officials, who have been calling for a "wake-up call" ...
Europe needs to be armed to 'survive', Polish PM tells EU
Jan 22, 2025 (AFP)
Addressing the European parliament, Tusk, whose government took up the EU's rotating presidency this month, called for action in the face of an aggressive Russi...
Lithuania says will spend 5-6% of GDP on defence in 2026-2030
Jan 17, 2025 (AFP)
Russia's war in Ukraine has jolted NATO to strengthen its eastern flank and ramp up spending, and US President-elect Donald Trump has demanded alliance members ...
Cyprus hails new access to US defence goods
Jan 16, 2025 (AFP)
Traditionally aligned with Russia, European Union member Cyprus has solidified a more pro-American stance since the election of President Nikos Christodoulides ...
Upping defence spending 'key point' for NATO summit: ministers
Jan 15, 2025 (AFP)
Dutch, Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian counterparts met in The Hague to coordinate "crucial" topics ahead of the 32-member states gathering in June, and to str...
Europe to boost joint defence under Trump, German minister says; But Spanish PM says must avoid 'arms race'
Jan 14, 2025 (AFP)
European leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron have been pushing for greater EU defence cooperation since Trump's election win in November, amid qu...
German defence minister visits Kyiv
Jan 14, 2025 (AFP)
Pistorius will hold meetings "on the continuation of cooperation and support" for Ukraine's defence industry, a ministry spokesman told AFP. The United States' ...
China saw record trade with Russia in 2024: customs data
Jan 13, 2025 (AFP)
Combined imports and exports with Russia totalled $244.8 billion in 2024, according to figures published by China's General Administration of Customs, up slight...
New chairman takes over Dassault billionaire family holding
Jan 09, 2025 (AFP)
Dassault Aviation chief executive Eric Trappier succeeds Charles Edelstenne, a pillar of the family empire whose diverse businesses includes software, real esta...
Germany opposes Trump call to raise NATO defence spending to 5% of GDP
Jan 09, 2025 (AFP)
"That's a lot of money," Scholz told news site Focus online, adding: "We have a very clear procedure in NATO" on decision-making, with alliance members currentl...
Europe doubts Trump could make NATO spend 5% of GDP on defence
Jan 08, 2025 (AFP)
Instead diplomats and officials say the volatile billionaire appears to be firing his opening salvo in a new push to pressure Washington's allies to do more. "I...
Scholz rejects drastic rise in German defence spending
Jan 07, 2025 (AFP)
Significantly increasing defence spending "without saying what the money will be spent on and where it will come from" was a "half-baked" idea, Scholz told the ...
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