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The Military Industrial Complex

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US Congress ends Cyprus arms embargo, in blow to Turkey
Dec 17, 2019 (AFP)
The Senate approved the measure as part of a massive defense spending bill that passed 86 to eight and already went through the House of Representatives, with P...
US defense chief chides NATO 'free riders'
Dec 13, 2019 (AFP)
Responding to questions at the Council on Foreign Relations about President Donald Trump's criticism of other NATO members, Esper said the United States was not...
Amazon lawsuit will not delay $10 bn JEDI contract: Pentagon
Dec 10, 2019 (AFP)
Amazon has alleged that President Donald Trump abused the power of his office to deny the company the massive contract in late October. "We will deal with Amazo...
Arms sales worldwide up nearly 5 percent, says new report
Dec 08, 2019 (AFP)
The turnover of the 100 biggest arms manufacturers came to $420 billion, thanks in large part to the US market, said the report. US manufacturers alone accounte...
Canada declines to raise defense spending above 2 percent NATO benchmark
Dec 03, 2019 (UPI)
Each NATO member nation agreed in 2014 to spend two percent of its gross domestic product on defense, but statistics released Friday indicate that Canada will s...
Greece threatens to expel Libya envoy over Turkey deal
Dec 02, 2019 (AFP)
Greece wants to see the agreement by Friday "or (the ambassador) will be declared persona non grata and will leave," Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias told Skai TV...
Exporter: Russian foreign military sales on pace to hit $13.7B despite U.S. sanctions
Nov 18, 2019 (UPI)
Sergei Chemezov, chief executive officer of Rostec, said at the Dubai Air Show that Russia has confirmed sales of $11 billion so far this year, and expects to e...
EU adopts 13 new projects under PESCO defense-cooperation program
Nov 14, 2019 (UPI)
Five of the new projects, adopted Tuesday by the EU's European Council, focus on training, including areas such as cyber, diving and tactical as well as chemica...
Taiwan seeks return of 'criminal income' from frigate scandal
Nov 12, 2019 (AFP)
Taipei signed a $2.8 billion deal to buy six Lafayette-class frigates in 1991, a deal which strained French ties with China at the time and was later found tain...
Sisi suggests floating Egypt military firms on stock exchange
Oct 31, 2019 (AFP)
"There must be an opportunity for the armed forces' companies. They must enter the stock market and there should be a chance for Egyptians to buy their shares,"...
Pentagon awards $10 bn cloud contract to Microsoft, snubbing Amazon
Oct 26, 2019 (AFP)
The 10-year contract for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure program, better known as JEDI, ultimately will see all military branches sharing informatio...
AFRL enhances safety for survival specialists with wearable health technology
Oct 18, 2019 (SPX)
With SHARK, sensors embedded in shirts transmit key metrics including heart rate and estimated core temperature from smartphones to a server. As students underg...
U.S. sold $55.4B in weapons to allies, partners in FY19
Oct 16, 2019 (UPI)
Payments from partner countries accounted for $48.25 billion of the total. Another $3.67 billion came from grant assistance programs, including Foreign Military...
Divers find belongings of Bronze Age warrior
Oct 16, 2019 (UPI)
The artifacts were recovered by a team of divers in the river that flows out of Lake Tollense, located near the ancient battlefield. Researchers have previously...
France, Germany break impasse on arms exports
Oct 16, 2019 (AFP)
"We have finalised a major, legally binding deal on arms exports to fully complete these programmes," French President Emmanuel Macron said at a press conferenc...
Canada, UK, Spain suspend arms exports to Turkey over Syria
Oct 15, 2019 (AFP)
"Canada firmly condemns Turkey's military incursion into Syria," Global Affairs Canada, the foreign ministry, said in statement. "This unilateral action risks u...
France, Germany halt arms exports to Turkey
Oct 12, 2019 (AFP)
Turkish soldiers on Wednesday launched a cross-border assault against Kurdish fighters Turkey sees as terrorists in defiance of international criticism and thre...
NATO ally Norway suspends new arms exports to Turkey
Oct 10, 2019 (AFP)
"Given that the situation is complex and changing quickly, the foreign ministry as a precautionary measure will not handle any new demands for exports of defenc...
U.S. military announces largest deployment to Europe in 25 years for 2020 exercises
Oct 09, 2019 (UPI)
The exercise is schedule to be held in April and May 2020, with personnel movement between February and July. It will involve the rapid deployment of some 20,00...
'Arms deal revenge' theory discounted in 2002 Karachi bomb probe
Oct 08, 2019 (AFP)
The theory of a revenge attack, carried out after former president Jacques Chirac cancelled the payment of bribes on arms deals signed with Pakistan and Saudi A...
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