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Imports and exports both part of military policy
Van Halteren artillery simulator. Arms trade has two sides; the export by one is the import by the other. Arms export is controlled in most countries but import is not. Although it may have large and...
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May 2***The US State Department has approved both the potential sale of 6 Bell AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters, cost $450m and 6 Boeing-made AH-64E Apache #attack #helicopters, cost $1.5bn to the...
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Hypersonic weapons: fast and dangerous
Since the Gulf War of 1990-1991, a wide array of new military technology has been developed. This includes new risky techniques like machine learning to enhance nuclear C3 systems, with the huge danger...
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We need security, not more military
The defence industry is busy to sell its message that investing into armaments is a way out of the sour economic times and international developments laying ahead. It does so on national, as well as...
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Latest on top:June 2***US. arms exports to the Middle East and North Africa could be headed toward an increase. It is likely that countries in the region see an increase in US arms imports despite the...
View ArticleArms watch or arms control
Annual reports on arms exports (see list) are published by almost all EU governments, but mostly not very timely. Reporting on arms exports is a mandatory part of EU transparency policy. Amazingly the...
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July 1***Retweet @CAATuk: Since 2015, the UK has licensed over £376 million worth of arms to Israel – but the real total is likely to be much higher. UK-made arms have been used by the Israeli military...
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Major Dutch arms export to Egypt
sourceIn July the Dutch government informed the Parliament that it gave permission to export naval command, control, communication (C3) and military radar to Egypt. Value: € 114.038.400. This is a very...
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Grote Nederlandse wapenexport naar Egypte
bronIn juli heeft de Nederlandse regering het parlement laten weten dat zij toestemming heeft gegeven voor het exporteren van militaire commando, controle en communicatie (C3) systemen en militaire...
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Tweets for August 2020
August 4***Firearms exports from Austria to Brazil have surged by more than 377% in the first half of this year as gun ownership increases under the South American country’s rightwing president, Jair...
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Mega Egyptian order for Dutch branch of French Thales
Egyptian President al-Sisi celebrates Egyptian Naval Day, in Alexandria, October 2017. (bron) This week the Dutch government answered questions of the Dutch MP's Karabulut(Socialist Party) and Van Ojik...
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Military vessels and naval production for the Eastern Mediterranean
sourceThis week EU foreign ministers will discuss the crisis in the eastern Mediterranean at an informal meeting in Berlin, while Turkey and Greece flex their muscles and sent their fleets to sea....
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Tweets for September 2020
September 2***UAE implicated in lethal drone strike in Libya with a Wing Loong II drone fired Chinese Blue Arrow 7 missile operated by the UAE in Libya. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53917791In...
View ArticleTweede Kamerstukken over wapenexportbeleid (22054)
Nr.OmschrijvingPublicatie datumlink331Rapport over ‘Het Nederlandse Wapenexportbeleid in 2019’11 september 2020 rapport330Brief regering; Verkoop CH-47 Chinook helikopters aan Unical Aviation8...
View ArticleMy tweets for October
Latest on top (updated regularly) :October 3***"The main problem behind this 'peace deal' is it ignores the Palestinian struggles and demands,” says Notre Dame Professor of Religion, Conflict, and...
View ArticleMy tweets for November
Latest on top (updated regularly) : https://twitter.com/martinbroekNovember 3***Sen. Murphy (D) on F-35 sale: The UAE is an important US partner, but their refusal to comply with int law, from their...
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Dutch military naval technology to Ankara, ends in Karachi
The Dutch government has issued a permit for the sale of military technology for corvettes to the Istanbul Naval Shipyard* with final destination Pakistan. The deal is worth € 46.7 million, which is 5%...
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My tweets for December 2020
Latest on top (updated regularly) : https://twitter.com/martinbroekDecember 2***Indonesia, France discuss military...
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Bespreking War in the age of Trump door Patrick Cockburn
War in the age of Trump; the defeat of ISIS, the fall of Kurds, the Conflict with Iran door Patrick Cockburnbestrijkt de periode 2016-2019 om de oorlogen in Irak en Syrië te beschrijven. Artikelen,...
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My tweets for January 2021
Latest on top (updated regularly):(https://twitter.com/martinbroek)January 4***Oorlogsmisdadiger Guus Kouwenhoven (wapenhandel en medeplichtigheid aan oorlogsmisdrijven in Liberia tussen 1999 en 2003)...
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