Week 41 in #wapenhandel25tweets

(Gaarne 'liken' of delen als je het nuttig of interessant vindt.)

Nederland (zie 7, 10, 13-15, 20, 21, 22)

1 – 091017: #Belgium said #Rafale answered request for proposals on next fighter incorrectly. Seems only #EFA and #F35 are left. https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/belgium-casts-doubts-on-rafale-offer-441858/

2 – 111017: #TKMS #submarine exported to #Egypt left #Kiel. [in German] Das U-Boot S-42 für #Ägyptens Marine hat Kiel verlassen. http://www.thb.info/rubriken/single-view/news/das-u-boot-s-42-hat-kiel-verlassen.html

3 – 091017: Old Czech automatic rifles found on the battle fields of Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Somalia. http://www.praguemonitor.com/2017/10/10/mfd-daesh-fighters-shooting-old-czechoslovak-arms

4 – 081017: Revolving doors: UK trade department draws ½ its secondees from arms industry and may be ignoring other industries. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/08/uk-trade-department-draws-half-its-secondees-from-arms-industry

5 – 111017: Hear hear!: Don't ask for jobs at #BAE Systems to be saved; ask for new ones outside of the arms trade to be created http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/bae-jobs-losses-cuts-arms-trade-dont-ask-to-save-but-new-created-a7992966.html

REST VAN DE WERELD

6 – 101017: #Protesters block entry to '#weapons expo' | Otago Daily Times. New Zealand #WarStartsHere #WarProfiteers https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/protesters-block-entry-weapons-expo

7 – 091017: Outgoing #Pakistan Navy chief reveals new frigate purchase from China and ‘Harba’ SSM. #Damen OPVs. http://quwa.org/2017/10/08/outgoing-pakistan-navy-chief-reveals-new-frigate-purchase-china-harba-surface-surface-missile/

8 – 141017: Parliamentary Seminar: The #UK and the #UAE: Linking Arms in #Repression http://icfuae.org.uk/news/parliamentary-seminar-uk-and-uae-linking-arms-repression

9 – 141017: South African court clears way for Zuma prosecution. Lets name #BAE Systems and #Thales in this respect. #corruption http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/13/south-african-court-clears-way-zuma-prosecution/

Zuid-Korea (zie 12)

DEFENSIE-INDUSTRIE

10 – 111017: Former Joep v/d #Nieuwenhuyzen #MD #Helicopters (still with Dutch BV) sells 150 armed MD 530 heli's to US & partners http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20171009005991/en/Triumph-Agreement-MD-Helicopters-Extends-Support-MD

WAPENS

11 – 111017: Nothing complicated: Kamikaze without pilot. Suicide #drones provides lethal punch 4 special operations forces #SOF https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2017/10/11/suicide-drone-provides-lethal-punch-for-special-operations-forces/

12 – 121017: The obvious: Acquistion of #Lockheed #F35 for #Korea a "political decision" that brought enormous national damage. http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/common/vpage-pt.asp?categorycode=205&newsidx=237516

13 – 091017: Unrivaled Performance by @thalesgroup SMART-L Multi Mission #Radar during Formidable Shield 2017 https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2017/october-2017-navy-naval-forces-defense-industry-technology-maritime-security-global-news/5629-unrivaled-performance-by-thales-smart-l-multi-mission-radar-during-formidable-shield-2017.html

14 – 101017: Nieuwe radar Thales ziet ballistische raket vanuit Hengelo. 1e test minder voorspoedig voor Zr.Ms. De Ruyter. https://marineschepen.nl/nieuws/Nieuwe-radar-Thales-volgt-nu-al-ballistische-raket-091017.html

15 – 111017: retweet @marineschepen - SP stelt Kamervragen over Ballistic Missile Defense en LCF’en, oa nav artikel Marineschepen.nl: https://www.tweedekamer.nl/kamerstukken/kamervragen/detail?id=2017Z13597&did=2017D28704

(– 111017:Ging 't niet over een rapport van Stop Wapenhandel? Maar ere wie ere toekomt Marineschepen is een top bron over KM! http://www.stopwapenhandel.org/node/2083)

16 – 111017: US policy on export controls in dual-use #space market. How it looks & what the industry want. https://www.fairobserver.com/region/north_america/space-industry-spacecraft-spacex-virgin-galactic-latest-news-43404/ via @myfairobserver

17 – 101017: You want to buy a #submarine? Go to #Glasgow Scotland, June 26-28 for the Undersea Defence Technology #UDT arms fair https://www.udt-global.com/

18 – 111017: Get the full story on a week of disrupting the Weapons Expo on our website https://peaceactionwellington.wordpress.com/  #WarStartsHere #WeCanStopItHere

OVERIG

19 – 101017: retweet @andrewfeinstein - Exploring the 'Bullshit Castle': Airbus Corruption Scandal May Lead Straight to the Top http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/airbus-corruption-scandal-threatens-ceo-tom-enders-a-1171533.html  via @SPIEGELONLINE

Defensiebudget (zie ook 23-24)

20 – 121017: US State Department approves sale of air-to-air missiles (26 AIM-120 C-7 #AMRAAM) to #Netherlands http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-10/12/c_136672912.htm

21 – 141017: Strike while the iron is hot: Dutch future naval programs to be debated 101117 by political veterans and new MPs. https://maritimetechnology.nl/events/mini-symposium-vervangingsprogrammas-koninklijke-marine/

22 – 09-121017: De tweet over NIVD/DUKC aan ministerie van Economische Zaken met foto is verdwenen van twitter. (url was: https://twitter.com/NIDVnews/status/918883076998160385)

23 – 091017: Relations between missile defence, arms trade and preparing for major war [in Dutch] http://www.solidariteit.nl/extra/2017/meer_geld_voor_defensie.html

24 – 131017: Regeerakkoord en twee procent van de NAVO [in Dutch] http://broekstukken.blogspot.com/2017/10/regeerakkoord-en-twee-procent-van-de.html

25 – 141017: Friends of #Europe aims to ease #German schizophrenic #arms export restriction (p20). #SPD blamed for it (p42) http://www.euractiv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/FoE_German-Security-Report.pdf

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 and more inteernational tweets are thus often missing. If you want to have them daily see http://twitter.com/martinbroek