Shoot! on Yemen
The Saudi’s lost over 20 Abraham tanks during the war in Yemen. A flow of supplemental tanks goes from the US to…
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F-35 arms trade by stealth
It is expected the European Parliament will adopt a resolution on Thursday November 30, on on the situation in Yemen. A concept…
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EU arms embargo on Venezuela enables continued sales
On November 13, the European Union adopted an embargo to Venezuela on all arms and on related material that might be used…
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Controlling cyber technology by Catch-all
Companies do not care what happens with their exported surveillance technology, according to a leading Dutch daily. The paper referred to an…
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Dutch satellite production
More and more small satellites are launched into space. A tenth of them has a clear military function. The Dutch Association for…
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Belgian and Dutch participation in missile defence
The Dutch and Belgian naval forces are deeply integrated. Recently the two countries decided to aim for identical new frigates for an…
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War from space
The official headquarters of Airbus can be found in the middle of Leiden, near the oldest university of the Netherlands. In big…
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European defence industry: how to define figures?
According to the European Commission (EC), on a webpage summarizing the EU defence industry, total direct employment in the EU defence sector…
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Legislators in court; fighting export permits the judicial way
When an arms company application for an export permit is turned down, the company can appeal to a court. In the Netherlands…
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Long road to arms exports transparency, the Dutch case
Last month the Dutch Government published its annual report on arms exports. We tend to think this kind of transparency is normal…
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