Consultation Paper
…will only lead to business interests prevailing over the strict observation of the EU Code of Conduct, furthering the risks mentioned in the paragraph about re-exporting. Government controls leading to…
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Saudi tanks ready to crush dissent – with Thales Nederland equipment
…involved again. Despite all the recent turmoil, Thales Nederland sent out a [in Dutch] news release last month about the successful implementation of its SOTAS intercom equipment – “key chain…
Airbus Military manipulates Oxfam figure to bolster arms sales
…military aircraft). However, nowhere the Oxfam report urges, or even suggests, governments to bolster spending towards military transports. Which makes you wonder about Airbus sales tactics, bluntly parasitising on…
Bombs on Gaza, business for The Netherlands and Belgium
…of Bierset, it can be assumed that the majority of the US arms transports to Israel has shifted to Belgium. Although the Wallonian government does not give any figures about…
Global arms industry targets growth market in Rio
…markets and is about to select a supplier for – an initial – 36 fighter aircraft. Also, Brazil aims to expand its own military industry, for which it will need…
Britse clusterbommen ook in Afrika gebruikt
…threat as they go about their daily lives,” Richard Lloyd, director of Landmine Action, said. Roger Berry, chairman of the Commons select committee investigating British arms exports, has tabled a…
Shareholder values
…the classic excuse of arms companies was raised again: we only sell weapons that we are allowed to sell by our governments. This is about politics and we don’t do…
Arms export policy used as greenwash
…been protesting for years against arms exports to Arab regimes (such as armoured vehicles to Egypt and Bahrain, anti-tank weapons and small arms to Libya, and about anything to Saudi-Arabia)…
Not so SMART
…potential Iranian threat – the official version of NATO – but also against Russia’s ballistic missile arsenal. And it’s not just Iran or Russia: it’s about ‘full spectrum dominance’ –…
Four corvettes for Vietnam
…In December 2009 it agreed to buy six Kilo-class submarines from Russia for about $2 billion; also Sukhoi fighter jets are on order. In August this year it received the…