MILPLEX

The Military Industrial Complex

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Europen allies seek FMS deals
Apr 19, 2013 (UPI)
U.S. military allies in Europe are seeking missiles and support services under Foreign Military Sales deals worth a total of $565 million. All three sales packa...
Mideast: Arms buys soar with $10 billion U.S. deal
Apr 19, 2013 (UPI)
The U.S. Defense Department's disclosure of an impending sale of advanced weaponry worth $10 billion to Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates underl...
Court delays transfer of S.Africa army choppers to Zimbabwe
Apr 18, 2013 (AFP)
A South African court on Thursday further delayed a donation of military helicopters to Zimbabwe's army after the planned transfer sparked an outcry ahead of po...
Germany's Krauss-Maffei Wegmann lands Qatar contract
Apr 18, 2013 (AFP)
German defence technology group Krauss-Maffei Wegmann said Thursday it has won a 1.89 billion euro ($2.5 billion) contract to supply tanks and artillery systems...
US soldier jailed for trying to sell secrets to Russians
Apr 16, 2013 (AFP)
A US soldier has been jailed for 16 years for attempting to sell military secrets to a woman he thought was a Russian spy, officials said Tuesday. Military poli...
SIPRI: Latin America military spending up
Apr 16, 2013 (UPI)
Military spending rose 4.2 percent in Latin America last year, bucking a global trend that indicated downturns in Europe, North America and parts of Asia and Af...
Lagardere books 1.8 bn euros from EADS share sale
Apr 15, 2013 (AFP)
French media group Lagardere said Monday it made a capital gain of 1.8 billion euros ($2.35 bn) for the sale of a 7.4 percent stake in the European defence and ...
World spends less on military: SIPRI
Apr 14, 2013 (AFP)
The world spent less on weapons and military services in 2012 than the year before, the first annual drop since 1998, a Swedish think tank said on Monday. But d...
Antony: India lags in army modernization
Apr 12, 2013 (UPI)
India must speed up modernization of its army and air force in the face of China's military threat and Pakistan's backing of Taliban groups, an official says. T...
Brazil to buy 34 Gepard tanks from Germany
Apr 11, 2013 (AFP)
Brazil will buy 34 1A2 Gepard anti-aircraft tanks from Germany to provide security at World Youth Day and major sporting events, officials said Thursday. The ta...
Obama's budget avoids big cuts to US military spending
Apr 10, 2013 (AFP)
The Pentagon laid out a budget plan Wednesday that holds military spending steady next year without taking into account the cost of the war in Afghanistan or ro...
Obama's budget avoids big US military cuts
Apr 10, 2013 (AFP)
The Pentagon laid out a budget plan Wednesday that holds military spending steady next year without taking into account the cost of the war in Afghanistan or ro...
Latin America's top defense trade expo opens in Rio
Apr 09, 2013 (AFP)
Brazilian Defense Minister Celso Amorim opened Latin America's biggest defense trade fair here Tuesday, stressing Brasilia's commitment to a strong homegrown in...
Japan orders Australian armored vehicles
Apr 08, 2013 (UPI)
Bushmaster armored personnel carriers from Thales Australia have been ordered by Japan's Ministry of Defense for its Ground Self-Defense Force. The Bushmaster i...
Late Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi linked to arms deal: report
Apr 08, 2013 (AFP)
Former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, whose family still dominates India's ruling party, may have been a middleman for an arms deal in the 1970s, according to dip...
Hagel urges changes to US military judicial system
Apr 08, 2013 (AFP)
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Monday said US commanders should be barred from overturning criminal convictions, in the wake of anger over a quashed guilty ve...
Israeli defense industry eyes Turkey again
Apr 08, 2013 (UPI)
With onetime allies Israel and Turkey supposedly on the road to reconciliation after a three-year split, the Jewish state's export-hungry defense companies are ...
Arms dealer Bout's associate agrees to US extradition
Apr 04, 2013 (AFP)
An alleged associate of notorious jailed international arms dealer Viktor Bout agreed on Thursday to be extradited to the United States, telling an Australian c...
'Everything on table' as US cuts defense: Hagel
Apr 03, 2013 (AFP)
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday said the Pentagon must "put everything on the table" as it struggles to digest major spending cuts forced by last ...
Russian arms exports set to widen
Apr 03, 2013 (UPI)
Western defense manufacturers heartened by recent upsurge in arms sales in Asia and the Middle East are finding a potent new competitor in Russia. Russia's isn'...
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