MILPLEX

The Military Industrial Complex

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China says to hike defence spending by 7.2% this year
Mar 05, 2025 (AFP)
The country's expenditure on its armed forces has been on the rise for decades, broadly in line with economic growth. China has the world's second-largest milit...
In Ramstein, Germans struggle to imagine town without US base
Mar 05, 2025 (AFP)
For decades, locals have endured the roar of fighter jets but also forged close economic and cultural bonds with many of the 50,000 American military personnel ...
EU chief unveils 800-billion-euro plan to 'rearm' Europe
Mar 04, 2025 (AFP)
"A new era is upon us," the European Commission president said in a letter presenting the plan to EU leaders, two days before a summit aimed at cementing joint ...
Germany's Merz vows billions for defence, economy
Mar 04, 2025 (AFP)
The two parties are in talks on forming a coalition government after last month's general election, which have been given new urgency by US President Donald Tru...
Europe will struggle to plug Ukraine's US military aid gap: analysts
Mar 04, 2025 (AFP)
After Washington announced the suspension of aid in a row with Kyiv over the US approach to ending the conflict, some experts estimated Ukraine can last for onl...
N.Ireland leader 'incredulous' over Ukraine arms deal
Mar 03, 2025 (AFP)
Asked in the UK region's devolved assembly at Stormont if she backed the deal, O'Neill said she found it "incredulous" at a time when "public services are being...
Hegseth directs DoD civilian employees to comply with email on weekly accomplishments
Mar 03, 2025 (UPI)
There are 950,000 civilian employees working in the Department of Defense with a total workforce of 2.1 million, including service members. OPM has sent two ema...
Few European allies meet 3% defence spending mark
Mar 03, 2025 (AFP)
President Emmanuel Macron called for members of the western alliance to raise military expenditure to between three and 3.5 percent of their GDP. "For the last ...
'We urgently have to rearm Europe': EU chief after Ukraine talks
Mar 02, 2025 (AFP)
Von der Leyen said she would present a "comprehensive plan" at an EU summit on Thursday, adding that "we have to have a surge in defence" and "step up massively...
German govt hopefuls planning billions for defence spending: report
Mar 02, 2025 (AFP)
Both subjects have become all the more pressing for Berlin's prospective new leaders as Europe's largest economy stutters and the United States' apparent pivot ...
Former US defense chiefs slam Trump dismissal of Pentagon officials
Feb 28, 2025 (AFP)
Trump this month launched a sweeping shakeup of the US Defense Department, firing top officers and moving to lay off thousands of civilian workers, pushing the ...
EU, India eye defence and security deal; France wants defense excluded from EU budget rules
Feb 28, 2025 (AFP)
Von der Leyen arrived in India on Thursday for a two-day visit with her college of commissioners seeking to hedge against souring relations with its traditional...
Russia security chief Shoigu lands in Beijing: Russian agencies
Feb 28, 2025 (AFP)
"During the one-day visit, he is scheduled to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping... and Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China Wang Yi," TASS sa...
DOGE could do more harm than good at Department of Defense
Feb 26, 2025 (UPI)
In 1967, with two other junior officers summoned back from Vietnam to brief President Lyndon Johnson on the state of the war, I was asked to speak directly and ...
Swiss scandal over suspected fraud at defence firm
Feb 25, 2025 (AFP)
The Swiss Federal Audit Office (SFAO) published three reports late Monday implicating Ruag MRO in wrongdoing. One audit concerned a former executive who alleged...
China says defence spending 'entirely necessary' after Putin backs mutual cuts
Feb 25, 2025 (AFP)
Russia has massively ramped up military spending since launching its invasion of Ukraine in 2022, but spending has also increased in China in recent years as te...
UK PM pledges to spend 2.5 percent of GDP on defence by 2027
Feb 25, 2025 (AFP)
Starmer expressed an intent to eventually reach three percent, a rise of 0.7 percent from current spending that would mark the biggest increase since the end of...
Germany's next leader grapples to boost defence spending
Feb 25, 2025 (AFP)
Only hours after his party's election win Sunday, Merz said his "absolute priority" would be to strengthen European security as US President Donald Trump had sh...
New sound from Berlin as Merz urges European defence autonomy
Feb 24, 2025 (AFP)
"I never thought I would have to say something like this," Merz said in a TV debate late Sunday before calling for an "independent European defence capability" ...
Putin backs Trump's proposal to halve defence spending
Feb 24, 2025 (AFP)
"I think it's a good idea. The US would cut by 50 percent and we would cut by 50 percent and then China would join if it wanted," Putin said in a televised inte...
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