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The Military Industrial Complex

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U.S. lifts Biden-era arms embargo on Cambodia
Nov 06, 2025 (UPI)
The notice filed by the State Department with the Federal Register that explains the Trump administration was removing Cambodia from the International Traffic i...
German defence giant Rheinmetall sticks to stellar growth goals
Nov 06, 2025 (AFP)
The company, whose products range from ammunition to artillery and military vehicles, has been a main beneficiary of skyrocketing demand as Europe rearms with R...
Ex-U.S. defense contractor head pleads guilty to selling trade secrets
Oct 29, 2025 (UPI)
Peter Williams, 39, pleaded guilty to two counts of theft of trade secrets that had been stolen over a three-year period from the defense contractor where he wo...
Russian military factory blast toll rises to 23
Oct 29, 2025 (AFP)
Officials have not said what caused the October 22 blast in the city of Kopeysk, but have opened an investigation into industrial safety violations. "The final ...
Bulgaria to build German gunpowder, shells plant
Oct 28, 2025 (AFP)
According to the Bulgarian government, the planned factory is one of the largest investments into the country's defence industry, and will contribute to efforts...
New Japan PM to advance defence spending target: reports
Oct 23, 2025 (AFP)
Long-pacifist Japan has moved towards a more muscular defence policy but with an eye on China, Washington -- which has around 60,000 military personnel in Japan...
Sweden says Zelensky to visit for 'defence export' announcement
Oct 22, 2025 (AFP)
Zelensky and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson will meet in the town of Linkoping, home to defence group Saab which produces the Gripen jet fighter among o...
British troops part of US-led mission in Israel: defence ministry
Oct 21, 2025 (AFP)
"A small number of UK planning officers have embedded in the US led CMCC, Civil Military Coordination Centre," the MoD said in a statement sent to AFP, includin...
Idea of German 'draft lottery' sparks govt row
Oct 18, 2025 (AFP)
The flashpoint issue of bringing back any form of military conscription has rattled the government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative CDU/CSU bloc and ...
China expels two top-ranked generals from military in graft probe
Oct 17, 2025 (AFP)
The announcement marks the latest push in a sweeping drive to root out graft at all levels of the party and state since President Xi Jinping came to power over ...
UN extends arms embargo on Haiti
Oct 17, 2025 (AFP)
The sanctions regime was established in 2022 in an attempt to curb escalating violence as gangs ravage the country, but the situation has only worsened since. I...
Zelensky says met officials of US firm making Patriots, Tomahawk missiles
Oct 17, 2025 (AFP)
"We discussed Raytheon's production capacity, potential avenues for our cooperation to strengthen Ukraine's air defence and long-range capabilities, and the pro...
EU reaches agreement on plan backing defence industry
Oct 16, 2025 (AFP)
The development -- the fruit of long negotiations -- puts the bloc on track to improve its defence readiness, and also aims to "support defence industrial coope...
Tested by Russia, NATO looks to boost Kyiv and its own defences
Oct 15, 2025 (AFP)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization ministers were meeting in Brussels after a series of air incursions fed fears that Moscow is testing the West in a grey zone ...
Trump issues order to pay military as US shutdown drags on
Oct 11, 2025 (AFP)
Trump said he had ordered Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth "to use all available funds to get our Troops PAID on October 15th" as he again blamed Democrats for the f...
Spanish parliament approves Israel arms embargo
Oct 08, 2025 (AFP)
Parliament backed by 178 votes to 169 the decree announced in September by Sanchez, one of the most virulent critics among world leaders of Israel's devastating...
US report says European giant, others sell to Chinese military-linked companies
Oct 07, 2025 (AFP)
The House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party found that China now accounts for 39 percent o...
Defense contractors brace for climate threats despite Trump's denials
Oct 02, 2025 (UPI)
Lockheed Martin, RTX, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics and Boeing cited climate-related risks that could negatively impact their ability to maintain plant ope...
French navy boards Russia 'shadow fleet' ship, arrests two
Oct 01, 2025 (AFP)
The Boracay, a Benin-flagged vessel blacklisted by the European Union for being part of Russia's sanction-busting "shadow fleet" of ageing oil tankers, was stat...
Razor's Edge raises $560 million to scale defense and aerospace technology firms
Sep 26, 2025 (SPX)
Founded in 2010, the firm has become a major force in advancing critical national security technologies, scaling companies in aerospace, defense, space, cyber, ...
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