MILPLEX

The Military Industrial Complex

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EADS board approves huge share buyback
Apr 02, 2013 (AFP)
The new board of European space and defence group EADS has approved an 18-month share buyback plan worth up to 3.75 billion euros ($4.8 billion), the company sa...
UN adopts global treaty on weapons trade
Apr 02, 2013 (AFP)
The UN General Assembly on Tuesday passed the first treaty regulating the global conventional weapons trade in an attempt to bring transparency and protection o...
Commentary: Russia's Treasure Island
Apr 01, 2013 (UPI)
No sooner did Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher meet Mikhail Gorbachev in London for the first time in 1984 -- a year before he became Russia's No. 1 -...
India: Tejas must be operational by 2014
Mar 29, 2013 (UPI)
Indian Defense Minister A.K. Antony warned the government's defense businesses to make sure the long-awaited Tejas Light Combat Aircraft is ready no later than ...
Iran, N. Korea, Syria block arms trade treaty
Mar 28, 2013 (AFP)
Iran, North Korea and Syria on Thursday held up agreement on the first global treaty on the $80 billion a year conventional arms trade. The three states twice b...
Iran, N. Korea block UN weapons treaty
Mar 28, 2013 (AFP)
Iran and North Korea blocked agreement Thursday on the first treaty over the $80 billion a year conventional arms trade, forcing last-ditch talks to save the UN...
Libya 'plans to spend $4.7B on defense'
Mar 26, 2013 (UPI)
Libya, still gripped by fierce militia rivalries 18 months after the downfall of Moammar Gadhafi, is reported to be planning to spend some $4.7 billion on upgra...
Italy foreign minister quits over return of marines to India
Mar 26, 2013 (AFP)
Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi said Tuesday he was resigning in protest after two Italian marines were ordered to return to India to face murder charges....
Arms trade treaty talks enter stormy final straight
Mar 25, 2013 (AFP)
More than 100 countries complained Monday that talks on a conventional arms trade treaty had gone "backwards" from a vow to conclude a strong accord on the $80 ...
China to buy Russian fighters, subs: state media
Mar 25, 2013 (AFP)
China has agreed to buy two dozen fighter jets and four submarines from Russia, state media reported Monday, the country's first large-scale weapons technology ...
Italy says will send its marines back to India for trial
Mar 21, 2013 (AFP)
Italy said two marines on trial for murder in India would return to the country by Friday, in a stunning turnaround after Rome earlier unleashed a diplomatic fu...
Boeing's Aussie Vigilare goes operational
Mar 20, 2013 (UPI)
Australia's air force gave final operational capability status to Boeing's Vigilare Command and Control System that provides air space surveillance information....
India reviews Italian envoy's immunity
Mar 20, 2013 (UPI)
India could revoke diplomatic immunity of Italy's ambassador over his failure to ensure two Italian marines return to India for trial. The marines, who were gua...
China replaces UK in top five arms exporters: report
Mar 18, 2013 (AFP)
China has overtaken Britain to become the world's fifth largest arms exporter with five percent of the global trade, its highest position since the Cold War, a ...
Emirates builds its own defense industry
Mar 18, 2013 (UPI)
The United Arab Emirates, increasingly a major military power in the Persian Gulf, is stepping up efforts to develop its own defense industry. In large part, it...
Tough talks in final push for arms treaty
Mar 18, 2013 (AFP)
UN leader Ban Ki-moon led international appeals Monday for major powers to make concessions to secure a landmark conventional arms trade treaty, as final negoti...
Ban appeals for compromise at final UN arms talks
Mar 18, 2013 (AFP)
UN leader Ban Ki-moon led international appeals Monday for the major powers to reach a compromise on a landmark conventional arms trade treaty as final negotiat...
India PM warns of 'consequences' over Italian marines
Mar 13, 2013 (AFP)
India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned Italy on Wednesday that there would be "consequences" unless it returned two of its marines who skipped bail while ...
Algeria's military goes on an arms spree
Mar 11, 2013 (UPI)
Algeria's powerful armed forces, which operate Africa's largest defense budget, are seeking a 14 percent hike in defense spending as they awaits delivery of two...
Merkel under fire over Mideast arms sales
Mar 08, 2013 (UPI)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government is under fire again over lifting longtime restrictions of arms exports to the Middle East after figures show weapon...
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