MILPLEX

The Military Industrial Complex

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India's Modi pledges defence procurement overhaul
May 06, 2014 (AFP)
India's frontrunner for prime minister Narendra Modi has pledged to speed up corruption-hit defence procurement if he comes to power to ensure the country's mil...
EU firms help power China's military rise
Apr 30, 2014 (AFP)
As China boosts its military spending, rattling neighbours over territorial disputes at sea, an AFP investigation shows that European countries have approved bi...
US military reviews hairstyle rules after outcry
Apr 30, 2014 (AFP)
Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel is ordering a review of rules on hairstyles for female troops after a wave of complaints charged the US military's policies discrimin...
MENA military spending to reach $920 bn by 2020: study
Apr 29, 2014 (AFP)
Military spending between 2014 and 2020 in the Middle East and North Africa will total $920 billion (662 billion euros), IHS Global Insight said in a forecast T...
Bloomberg arms US gun control with $50 mn
Apr 16, 2014 (AFP)
Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg announced plans Wednesday to spend $50 million this year on the fight to tighten gun control laws and counter America's ...
Japan military in popularity push
Apr 14, 2014 (AFP)
Pacifist Japan is gradually learning to love its military, with an apparent public relations campaign under way to soften its image, featuring online popularity...
Global military spending drops, led by US: SIPRI
Apr 14, 2014 (AFP)
World military expenditure fell in 2013 as the United States and other Western countries cut back, but spending in emerging economies grew, a Swedish think tank...
German government to cancel Saudi tank deal: report
Apr 13, 2014 (AFP)
The German government will not approve a reported deal to sell up to 800 battle tanks to Saudi Arabia, a German Sunday newspaper said, citing government sources...
British defence minister in Saudi talks
Apr 08, 2014 (AFP)
British defence minister Philip Hammond held talks in Riyadh Tuesday, just weeks after BAE Systems announced an agreement with Saudi authorities on the spiralli...
Volvo suspends Russia tank project over Ukraine 'uncertainty'
Apr 07, 2014 (AFP)
Volvo on Monday said it had suspended a project to build an armoured infantry fighting vehicle with a Russian company due to uncertainty over the Ukraine crisis...
Eighteen countries ratify UN treaty on arms trade
Apr 02, 2014 (AFP)
A total of 18 countries filed documents Wednesday ratifying a UN treaty to regulate the $80-billion-a-year conventional arms trade. One year after the Arms Trad...
French-Russian tank project on hold due to Ukraine crisis
Apr 02, 2014 (AFP)
Renault Trucks Defense said Wednesday its project to develop an armoured infantry fighting vehicle together with a Russian manufacturer is on hold due to the Uk...
Japan lifts own blanket arms export ban
Apr 01, 2014 (AFP)
Japan on Tuesday lifted a self-imposed ban on weapons exports, introducing new rules covering the arms trade in a move supporters say will boost Tokyo's global ...
Turkey sacks defence official involved in China arms talks
Mar 28, 2014 (AFP)
Turkey has sacked a top defence official who had been involved in negotiations over a multi-billion-dollar missile deal with a Chinese firm, media said Friday. ...
Baltic states tackle defence spending after Crimea takeover
Mar 28, 2014 (AFP)
Wary of their powerful neighbour Russia, the Baltic states of Lithuania and Latvia plan to double defence spending while Estonia will maintain its strong level ...
Lithuanian leader calls to double military spending by 2019
Mar 27, 2014 (AFP)
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite on Thursday urged the government to more than double its defence budget over five years amid tension following Russia's ...
Russia slams Germany for halting arms deal over Crimea
Mar 23, 2014 (AFP)
Russia's Deputy Defence Minister Anatoly Antonov on Sunday said Germany's decision to halt a major arms deal over Moscow's takeover of Crimea was "unconstructiv...
Germany halts major arms deal with Russia
Mar 19, 2014 (AFP)
Germany on Wednesday halted a major deal to provide a fully equipped training camp to Russian forces, saying any arms trading with Moscow was currently "indefen...
Japan draws up overhaul of arms-export ban
Mar 13, 2014 (AFP)
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has drawn up plans to overhaul the pacifist country's self-imposed ban on arms exports, an official said Thursday,...
US gun lobby sees media as enemy
Mar 06, 2014 (AFP)
The head of the powerful US gun lobby railed against American media Thursday, saying it was biased and lying about the heated debate on regulating weapons. "One...
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