MILPLEX

The Military Industrial Complex

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Japan, EU to announce new defence pact
Nov 01, 2024 (AFP)
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell will meet his Japanese counterpart Takeshi Iwaya, who told reporters this week that the pact comes "as Japan and the EU fa...
US expands oversight on property deals near military sites
Nov 01, 2024 (AFP)
In finalized rules unveiled Friday by the Treasury Department, a foreign investment watchdog will have greater powers to review deals near some 60 military inst...
French court overturns ban of Israeli companies at defence trade fair
Oct 30, 2024 (AFP)
The court ordered the organisers "to suspend the execution of the measures adopted against the Israeli exhibiting companies whose stands were prohibited at the ...
Iran moves to triple military budget amid Israel tensions
Oct 29, 2024 (AFP)
Government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani outlined the move that would see "a significant increase of more than 200 percent in the country's military budget" at...
Rinat Akhmetov's losses and support for Ukraine since the start of the war
Oct 26, 2024 (SPX)
Despite billion-dollar losses, Akhmetov initially believed peace in Donbas could be achieved through negotiations. However, after 24 February 2022, his stance s...
Russia approves near 30 percent rise in defence spending
Oct 24, 2024 (AFP)
Moscow had already ramped up military spending to levels not seen since the Soviet Union era, pumping out missiles and drones to fire on Ukraine and paying lucr...
UK and Germany sign 'milestone' defence deal
Oct 23, 2024 (AFP)
Europe's two biggest defence spenders said the Trinity House Agreement, signed by defence ministers John Healey and Boris Pistorius, would strengthen NATO's "Eu...
Britain, Germany agree to significantly deepen their defense alliance
Oct 22, 2024 (UPI)
The so-called Trinity House Agreement is set to be signed Wednesday by Britain's defense secretary, John Healey, and his German counterpart, Defense Minister Bo...
UK and Germany to sign 'milestone' defence deal
Oct 22, 2024 (AFP)
Boeing P-8 aircraft will patrol the North Atlantic from a base in northern Scotland, as the NATO allies respond to the threat from Russia after its 2022 invasio...
US imposes curbs on firms over support of Pakistan, Iran weapons programs
Oct 21, 2024 (AFP)
The 26 targets, mostly in Pakistan, China and the United Arab Emirates, were said to have violated export controls, been involved in "weapons programs of concer...
Scholz, Erdogan progress on defence talks but clash on Mideast
Oct 19, 2024 (AFP)
The German chancellor arrived on Friday night for his first visit since March 2022 with tensions in the Middle East high on the agenda alongside migration and o...
NATO in push for common military equipment standards
Oct 18, 2024 (AFP)
This would allow the 32 NATO countries' armies to work better together by establishing common rules for procedures and equipment including artillery, ammunition...
Raytheon to pay $950 mn over fraud, bribery schemes: US
Oct 16, 2024 (AFP)
"Raytheon engaged in criminal schemes to defraud the US government in connection with contracts for critical military systems and to win business through briber...
Israeli minister criticises Macron over France defence show ban
Oct 16, 2024 (AFP)
The decision comes as tensions are rising between Israel and France following comments by President Emmanuel Macron criticising the civilian casualties in the I...
Turkish govt delays tax plan to fund defence industry
Oct 15, 2024 (AFP)
Indignant Turks, who already face double-digit inflation, called their banks to lower their credit limits after the governing AKP party submitted the tax bill t...
Italy's Leonardo, Germany's Rheinmetall team up on tanks
Oct 15, 2024 (AFP)
The future contract with the army is worth some 23 billion euros ($25 billion), Leonardo chief executive Roberto Cingolani told a press conference. The two firm...
Spanish PM urges international community to stop arming Israel
Oct 11, 2024 (AFP)
"I do believe that it is urgent that, in light of everything that is happening in the Middle East, the international community stops exporting weapons to the go...
Erdogan announces defence cooperation with Serbia
Oct 11, 2024 (AFP)
In a meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Erdogan hailed a "golden age" in ties while Vucic said Serbia was working to strengthen relations with an ...
US approves $1.2 bn sale of munitions to UAE
Oct 11, 2024 (AFP)
The proposed sale of the GMLRS rockets and ATACMS missiles "will support the foreign policy and national security objectives of the United States by helping to ...
Scholz denies halting German arms exports to Israel, pledges weapons
Oct 10, 2024 (AFP)
The pledge put him at odds with France, where President Emmanuel Macron last week suggested an embargo on weapons for use in Gaza, sparking a sharp rebuke from ...
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