Autonomous armed drones – In the loop or on the loop?
The current debate about the dangers of fully automatic weapon systems is particularly important. An underestimated aspect however is the extent to…
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Damen contributes to arms race in Chinese Sea region
Recently, the Dutch (military) shipbuilder Damen opened the Song Cam Shipyard, a joint venture with a Vietnamese partner, not far from the…
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The golden triangle; Dutch Defence Industrial Base
Early June of this year the Associated Press published an article about “the bigger nations that account for the bulk of Europe’s…
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Security exception for TTIP?
Arms are not an ordinary commodity. For that reason, arms trade has been excluded from international trade agreements such as the WTO…
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Airbus Military, een groeiend wapenbedrijf
Het afgelopen jaar maakte de militaire wapenproductietak van Airbus Group ruim 12 miljard winst over de hele wereld. Kernwapens behoren tot het…
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Airbus Military, growing ‘kind of dirty industry.’
May 27 the annual shareholders meeting of Airbus (formerly EADS N.V.), the biggest military and space company in Europe, will take place…
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Dutch 007 equipment; Royal Ten Cate on innovative defence market
Special Forces are the troops most spared by Western governments when economizing on the military. They are an essential element of the…
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No problem with arms sales to Qatar?
At the closing ceremonies of the DIMDEX Arms Fair Qatar announced arms acquisitions valued at €17 billion ($23 bn.). This is more…
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Switzerland and Japan lower arms export standards
The annual report on global arms export of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) deals with legal arms exports only. It…
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Louder than words; European arms export policy debated
Next week, European non-governmental organisations meet in Brussels with the Council Working Party on Conventional Arms Exports (COARM ) of the European…
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