MILPLEX

The Military Industrial Complex

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Prison sentence for espionage scientist
Mar 21, 2012 (UPI)
A former NASA scientist has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for tax evasion and espionage after passing secrets to an FBI agent posing as an Israeli spy. I...
Israeli defense sector told to 'clean up'
Mar 20, 2012 (UPI)
Two weeks after India banned one of Israel's top defense companies amid bribery allegations, Israeli defense contractors have been ordered to observe a "complia...
Asia is world's top weapon importer: SIPRI
Mar 19, 2012 (AFP)
Asia leads the world when it comes to weapon imports, according to a study released Monday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Glob...
India world's largest recipient of arms; Pakistan third
Mar 19, 2012 (IANS)
India is the world's largest recipient of arms while South Korea is second and Pakistan and China are tied in third place, says the Stockholm International Peac...
Singapore gains toehold in world arms industry
Mar 18, 2012 (AFP)
Singapore, better known for its clean-cut image and electronics exports, is seeking a place in the global arms industry by exploiting technological expertise ho...
India hikes defence spending by 17 percent
Mar 16, 2012 (AFP)
India on Friday boosted military spending by 17 percent to $40 billion for the coming year as it seeks to counter China's rapid military build-up and its tradit...
Eurocopter India on roll
Mar 15, 2012 (UPI)
Eurocopter reports its subsidiary in South Asia, Eurocopter India, accounted for 65 percent of new aircraft deliveries in India in 2011. The market share coinci...
Canada mulls nixing F-35 purchase
Mar 14, 2012 (UPI)
Canada is actively rethinking a multibillion-dollar purchase of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet or reducing numbers to keep within its present...
Russia close to signing Su-35 fighter deal with China
Mar 13, 2012 (IANS)
Russia and China may soon sign a $4-billion contract for 48 Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker-E fighter jets, the Kommersant business daily said Tuesday. "The two sides have...
US senators seek sanctions on Russian firm
Mar 13, 2012 (IANS)
A group of 17 US senators have urged the defence department to stop doing business with a Russian state-owned arms exporting company, which they accused of supp...
Canada may back out of F35 purchase: minister
Mar 13, 2012 (AFP)
Canada's associate defense minister on Tuesday said one of the most ardent supporters of the F35 program could back out of a multi-billion purchase of the fight...
US urged to cancel Russia arms deal over Syria
Mar 13, 2012 (AFP)
US senators are urging the Pentagon to cancel a contract with a Russian company approaching $1 billion to buy helicopters for Afghanistan, voicing outrage over ...
India's military purchases: Only the best should do
Mar 13, 2012 (IANS)
The US has reiterated a 2005 offer to share hi-tech in defence with India, although this time it appears to be more meaningful and realistic of India's futurist...
AQIM chief buying arms in Libya: source
Mar 12, 2012 (AFP)
Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a top fugitive leader in Al-Qaeda's north African branch, is in Libya shopping for weapons, Malian security sources told AFP on Monday. "Mok...
Indian ban hits Israel's defense industry
Mar 09, 2012 (UPI)
India's blacklisting of Israel Military Industries, a major arms manufacturer, because of alleged massive kickbacks is the final chapter in a 2009 bribery scand...
Government money for helicopter companies
Mar 09, 2012 (UPI)
Eurocopter in France and AgustaWestland in Italy will receive government funding for development of a new helicopters. Permission for the research and developme...
India moves on howitzer purchase
Mar 08, 2012 (UPI)
The Indian army has ordered 100 howitzer artillery pieces to be made by the Ordnance Factory Board, in Kolkata, West Bengal state. Indian Minister of State for ...
Fifth Generation Fighters Crucial to Air Superiority
Mar 07, 2012 (SPX)
The Air Force is the world's most advanced air and space force and, with the integration of fifth generation aircraft, is gaining new tactical advantages that t...
Asia military spending to pass Europe in 2012: think-tank
Mar 07, 2012 (AFP)
Military spending in Asia will top that in Europe for the first time this year, a London-based think-tank said Wednesday in its annual assessment of the strengt...
Sweden planning secret arms factory in Saudi: radio
Mar 06, 2012 (AFP)
Sweden has in secret been helping Saudi Arabia plan the construction of an arms factory to produce anti-tank missiles, public broadcaster Swedish Radio reported...
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