MILPLEX

The Military Industrial Complex

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US pressures NATO to seal deal on ramping up defence spending
Jun 05, 2025 (AFP)
The volatile US leader has demanded that alliance members boost defence budgets to five percent of their GDP at the June 24-25 meeting in the Netherlands. NATO ...
Germany has three years to overhaul military: official
Jun 04, 2025 (AFP)
Trump is pressuring alliance members to announce a massive boost in the target for their military budgets at the June 24-25 summit in the Netherlands. "Countrie...
Israel arms exports hit all time high in 2024; As Spain cancels anti-tank missiles from Israel
Jun 04, 2025 (AFP)
"Israel again reached an all-time peak in defence exports in 2024, marking the fourth consecutive record-breaking year in the scope of defence agreements," the ...
Military Innovations and Their Unintended Environmental Consequences
Jun 03, 2025 (SPX)
According to Scientific American, militaries across the globe remain largely excluded from international climate accountability. While nations involved in the P...
Britain announces $20B boost to make armed forces 'battle ready'
Jun 02, 2025 (UPI)
The new spending is part of a major Strategic Defense Review unveiled by Starmer at a military contractor on Clydeside in Scotland, home to the country's Triden...
Danish PM warns NATO defence spending target 'too late'
Jun 02, 2025 (AFP)
At a meeting of Nordic and Baltic NATO members in Lithuania, Mette Frederiksen commented on the proposal to raise defence and security spending to five percent ...
In changing times, young Germans gun for defence sector jobs
Jun 01, 2025 (AFP)
That was a "personal turning point," said the 25-year-old studying at the prominent Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, who was spurred into becoming an armed fo...
Trump 'tough love' on defence better than no love: EU's Kallas
May 31, 2025 (AFP)
Speaking at the Shangri-La defence forum in Singapore, Kallas was responding to comments by US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who called President Donald Trump...
NATO head expects members to agree to spend 5% GDP on defense
May 27, 2025 (UPI)
Rutte made the revelation during the sixth and final day of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Dayton, Ohio. "I assume that in The Hague we will agree on a hard...
Germany says to continue Israel arms sales amid embargo call
May 26, 2025 (AFP)
"As a country that understands Israel's security and existence as a core principle, Germany is always obliged to assist Israel in guaranteeing its security," Jo...
Top U.S. defense contractor L3 Tech to pay $62M to settle claims of deceptive practices
May 22, 2025 (UPI)
L3, doing business in Utah, agreed to pay $62 million to the U.S. government to settle scores of allegations that Communications System West had violated multip...
US accepts Boeing jet from Qatar for use as Air Force One
May 21, 2025 (AFP)
Qatar's offer of the jet -- which is valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars -- has raised huge constitutional and ethical questions, as well as security ...
UK FM says EU defence pact will 'complement' NATO
May 19, 2025 (AFP)
Britain inked a new deal with the bloc at a landmark summit in central London that marks a new chapter in UK-EU relations since Brexit on January 31, 2020. The ...
EU finalises 150-bn-euro loan scheme to rearm
May 19, 2025 (AFP)
The SAFE borrowing scheme backed by the EU's central budget was proposed by Brussels in March as the bloc rushes to boost its defences. Member states haggled ov...
Germany says willing to 'follow' Trump on 5% NATO spending goal
May 15, 2025 (AFP)
Johann Wadephul said NATO chief Mark Rutte had laid out a plan to reach "the five percent that President Trump demanded, which he considers necessary". "And we ...
'Paradigm shift': Germany says to meet Trump's NATO spending target
May 15, 2025 (AFP)
Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul made the pledge a day after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, in office for just over a week, said his coalition government int...
UK govt defends supplying fighter jet parts to Israel
May 15, 2025 (AFP)
Rights groups took the government to the High Court this week, accusing it of breaking international law by allowing the export of advanced Lockheed Martin F-35...
NATO hatches deal on higher spending to keep Trump happy
May 14, 2025 (AFP)
The two-day gathering in the sun-baked Turkish seaside resort comes as diplomatic intrigue swirls over a possible meeting across the country in Istanbul between...
Finland looks to increase age of reservists to 65
May 14, 2025 (AFP)
The proposal, if approved, would mean the number of reservists in the NATO member would reach one million by 2031 -- an increase of 125,000. Finns currently rem...
Rights groups take UK govt to court over Israel arms sales
May 13, 2025 (AFP)
Supported by Amnesty, Human Rights Watch, Oxfam and others, the Palestinian rights association Al-Haq is seeking to stop the government's export of UK-made comp...
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