MILPLEX

The Military Industrial Complex

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Netanyahu says 'shame' on Macron for urging halt to arms supply to Israel
Oct 05, 2024 (AFP)
"As Israel fights the forces of barbarism led by Iran, all civilised countries should be standing firmly by Israel's side. Yet, President Macron and other Weste...
Zelensky hails Ukraine's 'new defence industry'; as Russians divided over army spending surge
Oct 01, 2024 (AFP)
Kyiv has relied on billions of dollars in military aid from its Western backers to fight back against Russian forces, but has also invested heavily in its domes...
Russians divided over army spending surge
Oct 01, 2024 (AFP)
Russia is to spend more than 40 percent of its total budget on defence and security next year, more than the money allocated for social welfare and education co...
Russia plans sharp defence spending hike in 2025
Sep 30, 2024 (AFP)
Moscow had already ramped up military spending to levels not seen since the Soviet Union era, pumping out missiles and drones to fire on Ukraine and paying lucr...
Israel says secures $8.7 bn US military aid package
Sep 26, 2024 (AFP)
The announcement came as Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas hit out at Washington in his address to the UN General Assembly in New York, accusing it of providin...
NATO member Romania signs $920 mn defence loan with US
Sep 25, 2024 (AFP)
The eastern European Black Sea nation, which has gained in strategic importance since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, has been looking to increase its defence p...
Israeli economy struggles under weight of Gaza war
Sep 24, 2024 (AFP)
Mass protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's controversial judicial reforms had already weakened Israel's economy prior to the Hamas attack on Octo...
UN Security Council extends arms embargo on Sudan
Sep 11, 2024 (AFP)
In a resolution adopted unanimously, the Council extended until September 12, 2025 the sanctions regime in place since 2005, which is aimed solely at Darfur. Th...
US pledges $250M package for Ukraine; France to use Russian assets to finance Ukraine aid
Sep 06, 2024 (UPI)
As with previous weapons packages, the latest falls under Presidential Drawdown Authority and includes air defense missiles, munitions for rocket systems and ar...
Dutch boost arms spending to face 'ruthless Russian aggression'
Sep 05, 2024 (AFP)
The Netherlands will increase its defence budget by 2.4 billion euros ($2.7 billion) to 24 billion euros, the government announced in its annual defence memoran...
British defense secretay rejects Israeli criticism of suspension of some arms exports
Sep 04, 2024 (UPI)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the suspension of export licenses for 30 out of 350 categories of military goods just days after Hamas execu...
Sigma Defense Opens New Production Facility in Perry, Georgia
Aug 30, 2024 (SPX)
The inauguration ceremony took place on August 27th, 2024, with Sigma Defense Systems executives, employees, and several distinguished guests in attendance. Not...
Russia arrests another defence official on fraud charges
Aug 29, 2024 (AFP)
Moscow has arrested at least nine army officials in recent months in the midst of its Ukraine offensive, in what some analysts have called a purge of military f...
Danish court rules arms smuggler can't be extradited to India
Aug 29, 2024 (AFP)
Niels Holck, 62, has admitted to parachuting four tonnes of weapons into the state of West Bengal to help locals fight government authorities. New Delhi has rel...
Danish court to rule on gun-runner's India extradition
Aug 29, 2024 (AFP)
Niels Holck, 62, has admitted to parachuting four tonnes of weapons into the state of West Bengal to help locals fight government authorities. He was the only o...
Indonesia, Australia sign 'historic' defence pact
Aug 29, 2024 (AFP)
The pact, announced this month, was signed during Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles' visit to Indonesia this week and includes provisions for joint dri...
Canada says Ukraine can use donated tanks in Russia
Aug 16, 2024 (UPI)
Canadian officials made the comments Thursday, joining several other countries that have already given Ukraine the green light to use donated weapons inside Rus...
U.S. Australia, Britain finalize sweeping export reforms on defense goods
Aug 15, 2024 (UPI)
The trio established the AUKUS security pact in September 2021 with the intent that the countries will support one another's security and defense interests, wit...
Germany's Rheinmetall buys US defence supplier for $950 mn
Aug 14, 2024 (AFP)
The purchase of the Michigan-based supplier "expands the group's business with the US military" and "increases its industrial base in the USA", Rheinmetall said...
Algeria arrests 21 for alleged arms trafficking
Aug 14, 2024 (AFP)
Two people, a man named Foussa Zaidi and his wife, were initially arrested on August 4 in Bejaia, some 220 kilometres (136 miles) east of Algiers, after authori...
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