MILPLEX

The Military Industrial Complex

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China provides warfare parts, helps Russia evade sanctions, U.S. intelligence says
Jul 27, 2023 (UPI)
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence provided an unclassified report to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, published by Democr...
Russia claims dramatic increase in ammo production
Jul 24, 2023 (AFP)
Russia expected to quickly overpower Ukraine's military when it launched full-scale hostilities last February but instead has faced down a grinding conflict and...
China delivering 'kind of military equipment' to Russia: French diplomat
Jul 22, 2023 (AFP)
"There are indications that they are doing things we would prefer them not to do," said Emmanuel Bonne during a rare public address Thursday at the Aspen Securi...
UK to bolster army stockpiles after latest defence review
Jul 18, 2023 (AFP)
The country's Ministry of Defence said the additional investment in stockpiles would cover the coming decade, and be paired with other spending and reforms inte...
House Republicans add culture-war measures to military budget
Jul 14, 2023 (UPI)
Four Democrats voted in favor of passing the National Defense Authorization Act, while four Republicans cast ballots against it. The legislation, itself, sets o...
UK minister warns West 'not Amazon' for Ukraine weapons
Jul 12, 2023 (AFP)
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak moved quickly to head off the suggestion that London was annoyed by President Volodymyr Zelensky's fierce lobbying at the NAT...
Germany pledges 700 mn euros in new arms aid to Ukraine
Jul 11, 2023 (AFP)
Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said at the gathering in Vilnius that the new package "served Ukraine's priorities: air defence, tanks, artillery". Germany in ...
Biden thanks Erdogan for Sweden decision, backs F-16s sale
Jul 11, 2023 (AFP)
At a meeting during the NATO summit in Vilnius, Biden celebrated the conclusion of a major diplomatic push to get Erdogan to stop blocking Sweden's application....
Cuba, Russia envisage technical-military cooperation
Jun 28, 2023 (AFP)
The plan was discussed during a visit Tuesday by Armed Forces Minister Alvaro Lopez Miera to Moscow, where he met counterpart Sergei Shoigu, newspaper Granma re...
EU adds 3.5 billion euros to Ukraine weapons fund
Jun 21, 2023 (AFP)
Sweden, which holds the EU's rotating presidency, said the green light had been given to bolster the European Peace Facility at a meeting in Brussels. The EU's ...
Turkish arms makers' export ambition on display at Paris Air Show
Jun 20, 2023 (AFP)
Most obvious is state-owned Turkish Aerospace (TAI), whose ample stand, fronted by a tarmac display of armed drones, helicopters and a recently-developed jet tr...
France pushes back against German-led Euro air defence plan
Jun 19, 2023 (AFP)
Held on the margins of the Paris Air Show, the gathering hosted by Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu will include around 20 of his counterparts and the Europea...
Blinken says China promised not to send arms to Russia
Jun 19, 2023 (AFP)
"We -- and other countries -- have received assurances from China that it is not and will not provide lethal assistance to Russia for use in Ukraine," Blinken t...
Arab states account for quarter of record Israel arms exports
Jun 14, 2023 (AFP)
The defence ministry, which oversees and approves the exports of Israel's defence industries, said one quarter of deals were for drone systems, with "missiles, ...
Pentagon pledges $2.1 billion military aid package for Ukraine
Jun 09, 2023 (UPI)
The extensive list of weapons and equipment is worth up to $2.1 billion and includes missiles, ammunition, trucks and equipment to integrate Western air defense...
UK court rejects bid for legal review of Saudi arms sales
Jun 06, 2023 (AFP)
A pair of judges at the court dismissed the case brought by the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), after hearing arguments earlier this year. The UK-based NGO ...
US and India agree defence industry cooperation plan
Jun 05, 2023 (AFP)
"We established an ambitious new roadmap for defence industrial cooperation, which will fast track high priority co-development and co-production projects," US ...
US puts China at center of future arms control efforts
Jun 02, 2023 (AFP)
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan will deliver a speech at the annual National Arms Control Association meeting in Washington outlining the Biden administ...
Denmark to triple defence budget over next decade
May 30, 2023 (AFP)
Denmark intends to reach the NATO goal of spending two percent of gross domestic product on the military by 2030 -- a target that few of the alliance's 30 membe...
South Africa to probe U.S. claims of loading Russian vessel with weapons
May 29, 2023 (UPI)
The president appointed the panel Sunday, after U.S. Ambassador to South Africa Reuben Brigety made the allegations earlier this month. The inquiry, the preside...
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