MILPLEX

The Military Industrial Complex

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UAE seeks to bolster arms industry to reduce imports
Nov 17, 2021 (AFP)
Khalid Al-Breiki heads one of five clusters of the Emirati defence consortium EDGE, formed two years ago and bringing together 25 Emirati arms firms in a bid to...
PLA pledges to strengthen capabilities
Nov 16, 2021 (XNA)
"The resolution clearly states that the armed forces must improve their capabilities of establishing favorable situations, containing crises, and preventing and...
US journalist jailed in Myanmar 'cared a lot about truth': colleague
Nov 15, 2021 (AFP)
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's government in February and launched a bloody crackdown that has killed more than 1,200 ...
Israeli weapons-maker Elbit Systems launches UAE venture
Nov 14, 2021 (AFP)
The manufacturer of the Hermes armed drone and cutting-edge surveillance technology, among other products, hailed the announcement as a product of the so-called...
France calls leaked Macron text 'new low' in Australia subs row
Nov 03, 2021 (AFP)
Emmanuel Macron sent the message to Prime Minister Scott Morrison two days before Australia announced that it had torn up a decade-old multi-billion-dollar cont...
Biden offers France mea culpa in Europe trip
Oct 29, 2021 (AFP)
The president deployed a charm offensive with French President Emmanuel Macron in their first meeting since Paris erupted last month over news of a new US-UK-Au...
Leaders of France, Australia hold first talks since subs row
Oct 28, 2021 (AFP)
Macron reiterated that Canberra's decision to cancel a deal for conventional-powered French subs in favour of US nuclear vessels "had broken the relation of tru...
Israeli PM in Russia for first talks with Putin
Oct 22, 2021 (AFP)
Russian state television showed images of Bennett's plane landing in the Black Sea resort town Sochi, where the pair will meet. Naftali took office in June, tak...
Turkey's Islamic defence consultancy takes on West
Oct 22, 2021 (AFP)
SADAT International Defense Consultancy has gained growing scrutiny over US allegations that it trains Syrians who then get dispatched to support pro-Turkish fo...
Czechs sign deal to buy air defence system from Israel
Oct 05, 2021 (AFP)
The Czech Republic will pay 13.7 billion Czech crowns (540 million euros, $630 million) for the system made by Israeli state-run company Rafael. The purchase co...
Turkey warns Greece-France arms deal threatens 'stability'
Oct 01, 2021 (AFP)
France and Greece on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding that will see Athens buy three French warships, an accord hailed by French President Emmanuel ...
US urges Turkey not to buy more Russian arms
Oct 01, 2021 (AFP)
The statement came after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin earlier this week and discussed greater military...
France signs deal to supply howitzers to Czech Army
Sep 30, 2021 (AFP)
Frech arms group Nexter makes the 155-milimetre Caesar howitzers, which will replace the Czech-made DANA over the next three to five years. "By buying 52 new NA...
Erdogan, Putin discussed warplanes, submarines cooperation: report
Sep 30, 2021 (AFP)
Erdogan and Putin held their first face-to-face talks in 18 months in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Wednesday, with the Syrian conflict high on their agenda....
U.S. signs agreement to help Poland modernize its military
Sep 26, 2021 (UPI)
The Foreign Military Financing direct loan agreement will go to "significantly expand" the Polish Armed Forces and divest from its "legacy" Russian military equ...
Rolls Royce wins US Air Force contract worth up to $2.6 bn
Sep 24, 2021 (AFP)
The company's Indianapolis, Indiana manufacturing unit was awarded a $500.9 million "indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity" contract over six years for replac...
UK seeks smoother waters with France after subs row
Sep 24, 2021 (AFP)
French President Emmanuel Macron was left furious last week after Australia ditched a mega-deal to buy diesel submarines from France in favour of nuclear-powere...
French sub builder to send Australia invoice 'in a few weeks'
Sep 22, 2021 (AFP)
Australia in 2016 agreed to buy 12 diesel-powered submarines built by Naval Group in a deal dubbed the "contract of the century" worth Aus$50 billion ($36.5 bil...
Submarine row is 'wake-up call' for Europe: EU ministers
Sep 21, 2021 (AFP)
"It is once again a wake-up call for all of us in the European Union to ask ourselves how we can strengthen our sovereignty, how we can present a united front e...
How France was blindsided by the Australia-US sub deal
Sep 21, 2021 (AFP)
In remarks made on the sunlit steps of the Elysee Palace, he turned to "dear Scott" as he called him and promised that France would "go further and faster, if p...
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