MILPLEX

The Military Industrial Complex

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Croatia threatens to axe plans to buy F-16 jets from Israel
Jan 03, 2019 (AFP)
Croatia had in March agreed to buy 12 used F-16s from Israel to replace its Russian-made MiG-21s. The deal, worth $500 million (440 million euros), was the Balk...
Trump claims he 'essentially fired' Mattis
Jan 02, 2019 (AFP)
During a rambling monologue to White House journalists at the start of a cabinet meeting, Trump lashed out at his former defense secretary even as his replaceme...
Canada mulls canceling Saudi arms deal over Yemen, Kashoggi murder
Dec 17, 2018 (AFP)
Trudeau had earlier said that it would be "extremely difficult" to withdraw from the contract, signed by the previous conservative administration, "without Cana...
Spain announces 7.3-bn-euro defence spending plan
Dec 14, 2018 (AFP)
"The defence ministry will launch three military programmes with an investment of 7.33 billion euros ($8.2 billion)," the ministry said in a statement detailing...
Slovakia seals its largest-ever arms deal
Dec 12, 2018 (AFP)
Defence Minister Peter Gajdos signed the contract with Lockheed Martin representative Ana Wugofski at a press conference in the capital Bratislava after the gov...
Russia now world's No. 2 in arms sales, report shows
Dec 10, 2018 (UPI)
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said in a report sales of arms and military services totaled $398.2 billion in 2017. The figure, which excl...
British middleman hauled to India over chopper scam
Dec 05, 2018 (AFP)
Christian Michel James is accused of arranging kickbacks to Indian officials to secure a deal for AgustaWestland to supply New Delhi with 12 helicopters for 556...
Egypt's Sisi opens first arms exhibition in Cairo
Dec 03, 2018 (AFP)
Sisi cut the ribbon along with French Defence Minister Florence Parly to open Egypt Defence Expo (EDEX 2018), held on the outskirts of the capital. Forty countr...
Slovak government clashes over largest-ever arms purchase
Nov 30, 2018 (AFP)
The defence ministry announced Friday that it had concluded three agreements to buy 14 Lockheed Martin-made warplanes plus arms and training valued at 1.58 bill...
Israel finalises sale of Uzi-maker IMI Systems
Nov 25, 2018 (AFP)
The government began the process of privatising IMI Systems, formerly known as Israel Military Industries, in 2013. The firm manufactures the iconic Uzi submach...
Finland halts arms sales to Saudi, UAE over Yemen crisis
Nov 23, 2018 (AFP)
The suspension mirrors earlier decisions by Denmark, Norway and Germany to halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia for the time being over the killing and over the king...
Denmark suspends arms sales to Saudi over Khashoggi murder
Nov 22, 2018 (AFP)
"The foreign ministry is suspending all sales of weapons and military equipment to Saudi Arabia," Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen said. "I hope that the Danis...
Russia's Rostec doing brisk arms trades despite sanctions
Nov 21, 2018 (AFP)
Chemezov, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, is nonetheless also charting a course to increase sales of Rostec's non-military products. Since Russia's interve...
Pentagon spends $560M to fix failures found by 'largest audit in history'
Nov 16, 2018 (UPI)
The audit details inventory discrepancies, financial reporting errors and cybersecurity issues as some of the greatest problems found in the department-wide rev...
Macron snubs US arms in defence spat with Trump
Nov 11, 2018 (AFP)
One of dozens of world leaders attending World War I commemorations in France this weekend, Trump tweeted after landing in Paris that Macron's call for a "real ...
Norway freezes defence export licences to Saudi
Nov 09, 2018 (AFP)
The announcement came amid international outrage over Riyadh's killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul in October, th...
Swiss backtrack on selling weapons to conflict states
Oct 31, 2018 (AFP)
Switzerland's government, known as the Federal Council, said in a statement at it had decided "not to amend the War Material Ordinance". That marked a reversal ...
Bulgaria's arms exports top 1.2 billion euros in 2017
Oct 31, 2018 (AFP)
Conflicts in the Middle East have boosted Bulgaria's arms sales in recent years to levels not seen since the fall of communism in 1989. Arms exports in 2017 rea...
Microsoft to keep Pentagon bid amid ethics concerns
Oct 26, 2018 (AFP)
"All of us who live in this country depend on its strong defense," Microsoft president Brad Smith said in a blog post. "Today the citizens in our military risk ...
Macron rejects calls to halt Saudi arms sales over Khashoggi
Oct 26, 2018 (AFP)
Sales of weapons to Riyadh -- France's second biggest customer after India -- have "nothing to do with Mr Khashoggi. One shouldn't mix everything up," Macron to...
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