Week 9 in #wapenhandel25tweets

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

Overigens zag ik bij Terzake van 1 maart een reconstructie van de vuurwapendisccusie in de VS. De regels werden vanaf de jaren zestig strenger totdat onder Clinton (na Columbine) de NRA met een duidelijke boodschap kwam. The Second Amendment of the United States allows: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." In een uitgekiende campagne wisten ze met deze uitleg de boven liggende partij te worden en decennia van beperkende maatregelen werden onder Bush Jr. teruggedraaid. Vrijheid mag blijkbaar ook in eigen kring een hoge prijs hebben.

Nu kijken of de tegencampagne net zo effectief zal zijn, kwestie van duidelijke boodschap, slimme tactiek en zeer lange adem.

De wapenhandel staat onder Trump natuurlijk helemaal niet onder druk. In tegendeel. Hoewel wapenhandel in de Nederlandse pers vrijwel staat synoniem voor de handel in pistolen, geweren e.d. nemen die maar enkele procenten voor hun rekening van de in de gehele wapenhandel. Het grootste deel gaat naar de luchtmacht wapens (goed voor zo'n 50 % van alle omzet in de wapenindustrie), maar ook naar dure wapens als raketten, tanks, onderzeeboten etc. Veelal worden ze ingezet in eindeloze oorlogen tegen drugs en terrorisme. Oorlogen die niets oplossen en problemen verergeren, maar dit terzijde.

1 – 270218: UN Secretary-General Guterres said: "global arms trade is thriving in a way not seen since the Cold War." Initiatives aimed at decreasing the size of militaries across the world have "been abandoned," while "military power is glorified."https://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/newsother/un-calls-for-global-disarmament-amid-surging-arms-sales/ar-BBJCVls

Nederland (zie 17-19, 24, 25)

2 – 250218: Compliments

New EU figures (for 2016) already in ENAAT data browser:

3 – 260218: EU policymakers support funds for cross-border defense industry cooperation. Don't worry e.g.: "Any future EU money for armed drones should be tied to strict compliance with international law.”https://www.defensenews.com/industry/2018/02/23/eu-policymakers-support-funds-for-cross-border-defense-industry-cooperation/

4 – 280218: “Until today #EDA has not been able to increase member states’ cooperation on defense research, development and procurement projects ― most are still exclusively national,” said Green Group MEP Reinhard Bütikofer. @bueti https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2018/02/27/german-lawmaker-calls-for-end-to-failed-european-defense-agency/

5 – 010318: 60% of global naval exports originate in the EU. European Commission now recommend blurring the border between civil and military. Report full of facts and figures. https://maritimetechnology.nl/media/European-Commission-2.pdf

6 – 010318: The EIB spent almost €80 billion in 2016 helping to make the world a better place. So it may come as a surprise it will soon provide €6 billion over three years to companies active in the defence industry. https://global.handelsblatt.com/politics/eu-development-bank-fund-blocs-war-machine-893294#.WpgNsQB3aLs.twitter

7 – 010318: Finish Patria reorganizes sales division following consultant’s death in Uganda https://www.defensenews.com/industry/2018/02/28/patria-reorganizes-sales-division-following-consultants-death-in-uganda/

Italië (zie 8)

8 – 280218: Italy’s Fincantieri, interested in taking over Mangalia Shipyard http://www.romaniajournal.ro/italys-fincantieri-interested-in-taking-over-mangalia-shipyard-sources/

9 – 050318: “May’s government wants to safeguard, and if possible increase British arms sales to Saudi Arabia, notwithstanding…”https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/04/shameful-kowtowing-saudi-prince-visit-uk

10 – 010318: Swedish 2017 military exports grew 2%, according to report by Inspectorate of Strategic Products. Exports of military equipment totaled 11.3 billion kronor ($1.38 billion) for the year, buoyed by the sale of Saab JAS 39 Gripen fighters to Brazil. http://aviationweek.com/awin-only/sweden-sees-bump-defense-exports

11 – 010318: See for original source [in Swedish mainly countries/regions and figures] https://www.isp.se/media/1250/20180221_pressmeddelande_isp.pdf

REST VAN DE WERELD

Bahama's (zie 17b)

13 – 010318: Brigadier Dr. Bassam Ramzy Mohamed Nassar, Chief of R&D at the Egyptian Armament Authority, watched @navalgroup deliver the first of their Gowind 2500 Corvettes to the Egyptian Navy at #UMEX #Cairo #Egypt #defence #defense #corvette #navy #naval #army #EDEX2018 #armedforces https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/969132141207486465

14 – 020318: For whom Tata is 'just' steel. It is more: Tata Boeing Aerospace facility to produce fuselages for Apache aircraft opened in Hyderabad. https://www.hindustantimes.com/business-news/tata-boeing-aerospace-facility-to-produce-fuselages-for-apache-aircraft-opened-in-hyderabad/story-0xXGV8rzzrs2narHcESEzN.html

15 – 010318: The beginning of the end? European arms exports for the Yemen war - News and analysis - Saferworld https://www.saferworld.org.uk/resources/news-and-analysis/post/759-the-beginning-of-the-end-european-arms-exports-for-the-yemen-war#.WpgNDqG9OJo.twitter

16 – 010318: Ukraine officially cleared to buy Javelin weapons https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2018/03/01/ukraine-officially-cleared-to-buy-javelin-weapons/

DEFENSIE-INDUSTRIE

17 – 270218: South Africa orders 3 inshore patrol vessels (IPVs) from Dutch-origin Damen Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT) under the SA Navy's Project Biro. http://www.defenceweb.co.za/mobilesite/defenceweb/home/item_id-50858/

17b EXTRA - 'RBDF’s Full Mission Bridge Simulator passes FAT', The Shephard News Team, 2 maart 2018 (https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/training-simulation/rbdfs-full-mission-bridge-simulator-passes-fat/).

18 – 010318: Defence analyst H. Heitman was critisized the acquisition of 3 Damen vessels. They are too small to patrol where they needed most, such as in the Mozambique Channel to protect oil tankers and around Marion Island to protect SA’s valuable fish stocks. https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/companies/industrials/2018-03-01-armscor-pulls-the-plug-on-order-for-navys-offshore-patrol-vessels/

19 – 030318:

* Damen Shipyards strong contender for big German naval order http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2018/03/damen-shipyards-strong-contender-for-big-german-naval-order/

* Deutsche Werften gehen bei Großauftrag der Marine leer aus

* Kansen van Damen Shipyards op miljardenorder nemen sterk toe https://fd.nl/ondernemen/1244267/kansen-van-damen-shipyards-op-miljardenorder-van-duitse-marine-nemen-sterk-toe)

WAPENS

20 – 270218: 'We kill because we can' [in Dutch] https://www.ravage-webzine.nl/2018/02/27/we-kill-because-we-can/

21 – 270218: Chinese military drone sales hover over Middle East https://sc.mp/2F1sLJl  via @SCMP_News

22 – 010318: F-35 program head blasts Lockheed for slow progress on contract https://www.defensenews.com/air/2018/02/28/f-35-program-head-blasts-lockheed-for-slow-progress-on-lot-11-contract/

OVERIG

23 – 010318: Frontex hires notorious Israeli drones for border security trials http://stopwapenhandel.org/node/2124

24 – 260218: Opinie: Onvoldoende kritisch debat over veiligheidsbeleid https://joop.bnnvara.nl/opinies/onvoldoende-kritisch-debat-over-veiligheidsbeleid

25 – 030318: Genuanceerd boekje over sleepwet. Nadeel je moet aan het eind nog je eigen oordeel vellen. Voordeel je bent aan de hand van een keur aan deskundigen op de hoogte van het onderwerp: https://wiv-onderdeloep.nl/sites/default/files/2018-03/Wiv-onderdeloep-laatjenietmeeslepen2018%20wiv.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. If you want to have them daily see http://twitter.com/martinbroek