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Wapens en oorlog. Je kan er deze week bij zijn. Trump komt naar Brussel voor een NAVO-feestje. Dat is zelfs vanuit Groningen goed te doen. Er is een demonstratie. Ga! Hou het niet bij woorden. Er is zelfs een bus georganiseerd. Geef je op. (Helaas is het mij te zwaar anders zou ik gaan.) https://www.trumpnotwelcome.be/
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WapebeursIMDEX, Singapore, met Holland paviljoen. |
Nederland(zie ook 14, 22, 24-25)
1 – 200517: The police department #Netherlands North battles illegal small arms #SALW [In Dutch, behind pay wall]. https://www.lc.nl/friesland/Hoe-de-politie-Noord-Nederland-strijdt-tegen-de-wapenhandel-22226567.html
2 – 180517: Dutch air force bought expensive #F35 #JSF. Complains it can deploy 4 fighters when it 'only ' got 37. Ratio: 1:9. http://nos.nl/artikel/2173663-officieren-waarschuwen-onze-luchtmacht-staat-er-slecht-voor.html
EUROPA (zie 21)
België
3 – 170517: Watered down resolution on #Saudi Arabia adopted by #Belgian Commission on Foreign Affairs. [in Dutch] http://sceptr.net/2017/05/kamercommissie-stemt-wapenembargo-saoedi-arabie/
Duitsland(zie ook 18)
4 – 190517: More danger under the surface in Southeast Asia. #Singapore to acquire more Type 218SG #submarines from #Germany http://www.defensenews.com/articles/singapore-to-acquire-more-type-218sg-subs-from-germany
Tsjechië(zie 23)
Turkije ( )
5 – 200517: #Turkish company #Otokar reveals 'urban operation tank'http://www.defensenews.com/articles/turkish-company-otokar-reveals-urban-operation-tank
6 – 190517: #Turkey again major issue in todays Military Times: violence in DC http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/lawmakers-demand-swift-action-for-turkish-embassy-violencefighting Kurds in Syria http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/turkey-demands-us-replace-envoy-in-spat-over-syrian-kurds
7 – 150517: Column: US position on Turkey. Call Turkey’s bluff on arming Syrian Kurds http://thestandard.com.ph/opinion/columns/236573/call-turkey-s-bluff-on-arming-syrian-kurds.html#.WRlY2qG6yMM.twitter
VK(zie 12)
Zweden
8 – 170517: Mayhem creates business. #Saab: rising tensions in #Asia may turn the region into one of its fastest growing markets http://www.financialexpress.com/industry/saab-says-rising-tensions-in-asia-may-turn-the-region-into-one-of-its-fastest-growing-markets/671359/
Midden-Oosten (zie 5-7)
REST VAN DE WERELD
Afghanistan
9 – 180517: War without end? US to provide #Afghanistan with enormous unfit 159 Black Hawks #helicopter fleet to fight #Taliban. http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/blackhawks-airforce-afghanistan-stalemate
India (zie 10)
Israël
10 – 150517: Relations India: Palestine & Israel. Arms trade diplomacy? Abbas in India to boost ties ahead of Modi’s Israel trip http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/05/15/world/politics-diplomacy-world/abbas-india-boost-ties-ahead-modis-israel-trip/#.WSGLNmiGPyR
Jemen(zie 13)
Nigeria
11 – 190517: Arms scandal: #corruption in the defence procurement sector as “the new diesel for #Nigeria’s kleptocrats” http://uncova.com/arms-scandal-contractor-inflated-helicopters-price-by-20m-each
12 – 180517: 'UK shud have stopped 'corrupt' warship sale to Nigeria' Based on @corruptwatchuk report: https://inews.co.uk/?p=65003 http://www.cw-uk.org/2017/05/07/dereliction-of-duty-how-weak-arms-export-licence-controls-in-the-uk-facilitated-corruption-and-exacerbated-instability-in-the-niger-delta/
Peru (zie ook 22)
Singapore(zie 4, 24)
Saoedi-Arabië(zie ook 3)
13 – 210517: This is cynical: #Tory ministers accept 20 luxury food hampers from #Saudi Arabian regime worsening famine in #Yemen http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tory-saudi-arabia-food-hampers-boris-johnson-liam-fox-general-election-2017-conservatives-theresa-a7745206.html
14 – 200517: #Saudi Arabia said to forge $6b Lockheed deal for littoral ships. http://gulfnews.com/business/economy/saudi-arabia-said-to-forge-6b-lockheed-deal-for-littoral-ships-1.2029754#.WR_5OMcWEU4.twitterOn Dutch #ESSM involvement http://www.stopwapenhandel.org/node/1830
15 – 190517: #Saudi Arabia: “Wholly government-owned SAMI aims to become one of the world’s top 25 defense companies by 2030.” https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/gulf/2017/05/18/Saudi-launches-new-national-state-company-to-manufacture-arms.html
VAE
16 – 190517: EU source: Emirates’ militarization of Gulf of Africa risks blowback http://www.defensenews.com/articles/eu-source-emirates-militarization-of-gulf-of-africa-risks-blowback
DEFENSIE-INDUSTRIE
Damen (zie ook 22, 24)
17 – 190517: Dutch naval lobby by Damen http://www.en.portnews.ru/news/239186/
Thales Nederland (zie 14, 19)
Fokker(zie 14)
WAPENS
F-35 (zie ook 2)
18 – 180517: Make America great again. Buy US fighters. Germany requested classified data from the US military on the #F35 jet http://www.defensenews.com/articles/germany-requests-classified-data-from-us-military-on-f-35-fighter-jet
Onderzeeboten (zie 4)
Raketschild
19 – 160517: Major Dutch role in missile defence. #Thales tests #SMART-L MM/N #BMD radar ahead of lead ship set delivery. http://www.janes.com/article/70400/thales-tests-smart-l-mm-n-bmd-radar-ahead-of-lead-ship-set-delivery#.WRrTb-w-i5s.twitter
20 – 160517: Japanese missile defence programs further develop with Aegis ashore. http://www.the-japan-news.com/news/article/0003696092
Kleine wapens (zie 1)
Surveillance technologie
21 – 200517: EU NGOs call for stronger rights protections for surveillance technology exports and removal of crypto from DU list http://www.liberties.eu/en/news/eu-civil-society-coalition-calls-for-stronger-eu-export-controls#disqus_thread
Corruptie (zie 11-12)
Wapenbeurzen
22 – 180517: One of the many arms fairs: #SITDEF 2017 in Peru. For the Netherlands Damen is present, but also Israeli embassy. http://media.wix.com/ugd/1d1c98_082150e3a889471cab299a54ec3439db.pdf
23 – 170517: Civic #Czech group: Brno should not support #arms trading #fair #IDET http://www.praguemonitor.com/2017/05/17/civic-group-brno-should-not-support-arms-trading-fair
24 – 160517: Retweeted: @JacquesWerner Concise but impressive #holland pavillion @IMDEXAsia #navy fair, presenting @NIDVnews, @TNO_Research & niche players. And shipbuilder @damen
25 – 160517: This one written in 1999 on visit to arms fair in The Hague. Today protest in against same #ITEC in #Rotterdam. http://broekstukken.blogspot.com/1999/04/oorlog-is-geen-spelletje.html
Onderzoek en activisme (zie 23)
This is a selection from a larger amount of tweets. Tweets with a relation the Netherlands, arms trade and defence-industry weight heavier in the selection. If you want to have them daily see http://twitter.com/martinbroek