MILPLEX

The Military Industrial Complex

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Russia, Bangladesh seal $1 bln arms deal
Jan 15, 2013 (AFP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday met the prime minister of Bangladesh for talks that included the signature of a $1 billion arms contract, the Asian ...
Bulgaria cancels privatisation of defence group VMZ
Jan 14, 2013 (AFP)
Bulgaria has cancelled the privatisation of its state-owned defence group VMZ Sopot owing to a lack of investor interest, the privatisation agency announced on ...
Israel's Defense Ministry won't identify arms clients
Jan 14, 2013 (UPI)
Israel's Defense Ministry, long suspected of supplying arms to dictatorial regimes and illegal organizations, has refused to divulge the full list of its weapon...
Ex-Russia defence chief faces graft charges
Jan 11, 2013 (AFP)
Frustrated Russian investigators said Friday they may press charges against the country's former defence minister after he refused to answer questions about his...
Dassault, India tussle over supply chains
Jan 11, 2013 (UPI)
India's defense ministry reiterated that Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. will remain lead integrator for producing 108 Rafale fighters under the medium multirole com...
India's Tatra truck order in the balance
Jan 10, 2013 (UPI)
India's armed forces are looking for an alternate missile deployment truck after the Defense Ministry put on hold procurement of a Tatra vehicle because of brib...
Israel arms sales rose by 20% in 2012: report
Jan 10, 2013 (AFP)
Israeli arms exports rose by 20 percent to $7 billion (5.3 billion euros) in 2012, according to defence ministry estimates cited by the Haaretz newspaper on Thu...
US military ordered to prepare for fiscal 'perfect storm'
Jan 10, 2013 (AFP)
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday ordered the US military to "prepare for the worst" and take cost-saving measures as it faces the threat of potential ...
Associate of arms trafficker Bout arrested in Australia: US
Jan 10, 2013 (AFP)
The United States announced Thursday that Australian police have arrested an alleged associate of the notorious jailed international arms trafficker Viktor Bout...
Russia, Ukraine sell arms to Syria, Iraq
Jan 09, 2013 (UPI)
Russia and Ukraine, old hands at selling arms in the war-torn Middle East, are reported to be providing weapons, paid for by Saudi Arabia and Qatar, to anti-gov...
CAE producing systems for U.S., Denmark and Mexico
Jan 09, 2013 (UPI)
Canadian simulation and training systems company CAE reports $101.8 million new military contracts. The customers include the U.S. Navy, the Royal Danish Navy -...
Nexter calls for bidding expense reimbursement
Jan 07, 2013 (UPI)
Canada's recent decision to scrap its close combat vehicle procurement program has been strongly criticized by contract bidder Nexter Systems Canada. The compan...
Hollande drives for arms deals in Persian Gulf as U.S. power wanes
Jan 07, 2013 (UPI)
French President Francois Hollande is pushing hard to restore Paris' once-thriving defense links with the Persian Gulf monarchies, especially the major military...
Iraq's seen as major arms buyer by 2020
Jan 04, 2013 (UPI)
The Iraqi government is spending billions of dollars to restore the country's military power but analysts say arms purchases won't peak until 2020. And Baghdad,...
Pentagon welcomes fiscal deal, warns against cuts
Jan 02, 2013 (AFP)
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Wednesday welcomed a deal to avert automatic budget cuts that would have slashed military spending and caused "damaging" co...
US military braces for sweeping budget cuts
Jan 01, 2013 (AFP)
The Pentagon is bracing for deep spending cuts that will affect every facet of the US military if lawmakers fail to agree a deal to avert dramatic budget reduct...
Arabian monarchies to set up joint military command
Jan 01, 2013 (Voice of Russia)
The Cooperation Council for Arab States of the Gulf intends to create a unified military command. This agreement was reached at the annual summit of leaders of ...
Russia to triple state defense order by 2015
Dec 31, 2012 (Voice of Russia)
Russia will gradually increase the annual amount of the state defense order to 2.8 trillion rubles (about $92 billion) by 2015, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rog...
India gets 4 Russian carrier-based fighters
Dec 31, 2012 (Voice of Russia)
Russia's Mikoyan warplanes manufacturer has delivered to India the first bulk of its MiG-29K carrier-based fighters, its press office reported Saturday. The shi...
Saudi mulls German tank deal: report
Dec 29, 2012 (AFP)
Saudi Arabia is planning to buy 30 German Dingo 2 armoured vehicles worth about 100 million euros, Bild am Sonntag reported in its Sunday edition. Quoting sourc...
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