Week 8 in #wapenhandel25tweets

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

Onder de volgende tekst – waarin één of meer tweets zijn verwerkt – staan de 25 tweets van deze week.

Vragen over de levering van SOTAS systemen aan Saoedi-Arabie en VAE zijn beantwoord, maar een groot deel van de antwoorden gaan over vragen die neit gesteld zijn. SP Kamerlid vroeg niet naar de export van strategische systemen, maar naar de export en medewerking aan Abrams tanks. Door het zo te vernauwen veegt Minister Kaag de hete aardappel opzichtig van haar bord (zie verder onder 2).

Nederland (zie ook 11, 23, 27)

1 – 210218: State clears Dutch Apache upgrades. At an estimated cost of almost $1.2 billion 28 AH-64D Block II #Apache Attack Helicopters are to be upgraded and remanufactured to the AH-64E configuration. https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2018/02/21/state-clears-dutch-apache-upgrades-kuwait-boats-finnish-weapons/

bron

2 – 240218: Q&A on US contract to overhaul Abrams tanks of UAE, Saudi's & Australia involving Dutch contractor. Answers: no Dutch involvement in contract, no license required 4 equipment delivered (earlier) & no exports with export obligation found by Customs.

The question was on participation in the contract and not limited to exports with a export license obligation. Delivered Thales Communication equipment is removed from this obligation by the Dutch. https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/binaries/rijksoverheid/documenten/kamerstukken/2018/02/23/antwoorden-op-vragen-over-nederlandse-medewerking-aan-amerikaanse-modernisering-van-saoedische-tanks/antwoorden-op-vragen-over-nederlandse-medewerking-aan-amerikaanse-modernisering-van-saoedische-tanks.pdf

Zie ook: http://broekstukken.blogspot.nl/2018/02/het-bevel-om-te-schieten-op-jemen.html

3 – 220218: The 2016 figures on European arms exports and licenses in one thick report http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:C:2018:056:TOCLook what you can distil out of report.

4 – 220218: Voor een vreedzaam Europa: Dit zeggen leden van het Europees parlement .... http://vreedzaameu.blogspot.com/2018/02/dit-zeggen-leden-van-het-europees.html

5 – 190218: @EIB divided while being pushed into supporting the EU military/defense sector @_ENAAT @urgewald https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-18/military-maneuvers-prompt-eu-tug-of-war-over-development-bank

6 – 190218: US concerns about EU defence plans. The principal deputy assistant secretary for int. security affairs to Defense Secretary Mattis, Katie Wheelbarger: ''We don't want to see EU efforts pulling requirements or forces away from NATO and into the EU.''https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/18/world/europe/nato-europe-us-.html

7 – 210218: Record number of EU arms export denials on licenses for Saudi Arabia and UAE in 2016, the Flemish Peace Institute states in a detailed press release.

Recordaantal weigeringen voor wapenexport naar Saoedi-Arabië en Verenigde Arabische Emiraten, vanuit EU-landen. Lees ons persbericht http://www.vlaamsvredesinstituut.eu/pers/recordaantal-weigeringen-voor-wapenexport-naar-saoedi-arabi%C3%AB-en-verenigde-arabische-emiraten

8 – 220218: MEPs roll red carpet to national and industrial interests, refused to add any reference to arms exports control, even symbolic, to #EDIDP programme to fund military R&D @TheProgressives @ALDEgroup @EPPGroup #noEUmoney4arms http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20180219IPR98120#EUDefence

9 – 210218: The fight for Belgian fighter euro's. French MP said Brussels wants to buy Rafale fighters for naval capability https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2018/02/20/belgium-wants-to-buy-rafale-fighters-for-naval-capability-says-french-lawmaker/

10 – 200218: Who stops Rheinmetall in Turkey? [in German] Tauziehen um den neuen türkischen Panzer https://www.welt.de/print/welt_kompakt/print_wirtschaft/article173757910/Tauziehen-um-den-neuen-tuerkischen-Panzer.htmlvia @welt

11 – 200218: CV-90 armoured vehicle simulator by French Ruag and German eSimGames (http://www.esimgames.com/ ) . [in Dutch] https://magazines.defensie.nl/materieelgezien/2018/01/04_cv90-simu

12 – 200218: Finnish Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintila said Monday that the state-owned arms firm Patria had suffered "a loss in its reputation" after a businessman of the company was found dead in Uganda on Feb. 6. http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-02/20/c_136986510.htm#0-twi-1-30726-7250227817ecdff034dc9540e6c76667

13 – 180218: How a French Fraudster Climbed the World of International Arms Dealing https://www.occrp.org/en/theatreofwar/how-a-french-fraudster-climbed-the-world-of-international-arms-dealing

14 – 190218: Austria to review decision to scrap deal with Airbus because of fraud and wilful deception in connection with the $2 billion 2003 Eurofighter order. https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-airbus-nl-eurofighter-austria/austria-to-review-decision-to-scrap-eurofighter-jets-early-idUKKCN1FZ0YY

15 – 210218: #Canada again: #Turkey to replace T-38 aircraft with locally built armed jet but with the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-68 turboprop engine. The plane is a strategic asset in Turkish anti-terror warfare an Air Force officer said. https://www.defensenews.com/training-sim/2018/02/20/turkey-to-replace-t-38-aircraft-with-locally-built-armed-jet/

16 – 230218: Turkey’s Syria Operation Showcases Domestic Weapons Industry, but a Western diplomat with knowledge of the subject says Ankara is starting to reach out to allies to replenish its stocks of specialized munitions on which the ongoing Afrin operation relies. https://www.voanews.com/a/turkeys-syria-operation-showcases-domestic-weapons-industry/4266050.html

17 – 250218: In Turkey Erdogan is the chief of defence industry [in French]

En Turquie, Erdogan est le chef de l’entreprise de défense http://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2018/02/23/en-turquie-erdogan-est-le-chef-de-l-entreprise-de-defense_5261437_3234.html

18 – 190218: Government blasted over arms trade fair as weapons dealers given grand treatment https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/snp-blasted-after-arms-trade-12042375#ICID=sharebar_twitter

REST VAN DE WERELD

19 – 190218: It needs a component to stop an arms deal:

US hindering completion of Egypt-France Rafale fighter plane deal because it wont deliver part of Scalp cruise missile part of the weaponry of the planes. http://www.egyptindependent.com/us-hindering-completion-egypt-france-12-rafales-deal-la-tribune/

20 – 210218: #Japan plans to buy at least 20 additional #F35A stealth fighters over the next six years, some or all of which it may purchase directly from Lockheed Martin Corp in the United States rather than assemble locally, three sources said. http://www.business-standard.com/article/international/japan-to-buy-20-more-f-35a-stealth-fighters-in-six-years-sources-say-118022100118_1.html

22 – 210218: The US defence budget in four graphs:

DEFENSIE-INDUSTRIE

23 – 200218: Damen as an international player on the naval market [in Dutch] http://broekstukken.blogspot.nl/2018/02/internationale-lobby-deel-14-serie-over.html

(part of a serie of 14 blogs)

WAPENS

24 – 210218: On aircraft carriers, tension in Asia, potential new customers (South Korea and Japan), the planes (Russian SU-33 and US F35). Why want states to buy these “cruise missile magnets”? https://www.eurasiareview.com/21022018-the-aircraft-carrier-an-idea-that-refuses-to-die-analysis/

25 – 220218: Eleven member states back the European Commission’s proposal to introduce export controls on products that could harm human rights, according to a negotiating document that http://EURACTIV.com  has obtained. https://www.euractiv.com/section/cybersecurity/news/eleven-member-states-back-eu-controls-on-selling-spyware/

26 – 200218: ASW capability beefed up with base and planes. Poland, Canada join NATO members in potential maritime surveillance aircraft buy https://www.defensenews.com/smr/munich-security-forum/2018/02/15/poland-canada-join-nato-members-in-potential-maritime-surveillance-aircraft-buy/

27 – 200218: Defenture produces fast, light and small vehicles for Dutch SOF (and the Dutch armed forces in general): the Vector (Versatile Expeditionary Commando Tactical Off Road) and the Scorpion (a diesel-quad). https://magazines.defensie.nl/materieelgezien/2018/01/08_in-bedrijf

OVERIG

28 – 200218: Not bad. UK defence industry has profit margin over 10 percent. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/681733/Quarterly_qualifying_defence_contract_statistics_Q3_2017-18.pdf

29 – 210218: Two-part series, to outline the issues and concerns over Global Export Controls.

Part 1 https://tax.thomsonreuters.com/blog/onesource/growing-concerns-over-global-export-controls-part-1/

Part 2 https://tax.thomsonreuters.com/blog/onesource/growing-concerns-over-global-export-controls-part-2/

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