COP21: why climate change is an issue for peace activists
…do with care for the environment or for people that suffer from the impact of climate change. Hence, the military’s primary strategic interest is less about climate change itself and…
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European military industry: EU, give us 3.5 billion euros for military research
…Group of Personalities is enthusiastically elaborating on this in the recently published report. It starts with alarming language about the perceived state of the European military industry and the way…
Component control
…of Principles (DoP) between the USA and the Netherlands . This DoP regulates bi-lateral exports, but also exports to third countries, bringing about 25% of Dutch arms exports under ‘common’…
Reapers, Dutch air force and Fokker
…will be used for Intelligence gathering, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (getting information about enemy forces or positions) together abbreviated as ISR. ISR is a central part of modern warfare and drones…
Dutch transit of Czech ammo to Guatemala
…efforts to fight corruption, abuse, and impunity“ writes Human Rights Watch. Seeking for justice is full of danger in Guatemala. UN experts expressed concern about attacks on victims, plaintiffs and…
Components for War
…Indonesia, from Turkey to Taiwan F-16’s with Dutch components are operated,” wrote Stop Wapenhandel already in 2003. Recently the Dutch government was asked about deliverances of military components (responsible for…
Brexit, arms production and export. Part I – UK – EU production relations
Brexit, arms production and export. Part I – UK – EU production relations The desperate call for ordurrrrrr is what comes to mind when speaking about Brexit, almost as if…
The Panel of Experts on arms exports to Libya
…flights, the aircraft were all chartered by the Turkish office of ProAir-CharterTransport GmbH132 and operated by Ukraine Air Alliance PJSC133 of Ukraine.” Remarkable is that about half of the number…
Hypersonic weapons: fast and dangerous
…hypersonic glide vehicles were pictured as a new danger. Although there was also some scepticism about the amount of bluff in the words of the Russian president. But a threat…
Frontex awards €50 million in border surveillance drone contracts to Airbus, IAI and Elbit
…devastating consequences, especially in light of recent publications about Frontex’ complicity in illegal pushbacks from Greece to Turkey and pull-backs to Libya. The involvement of Israeli companies IAI and Elbit,…