MILPLEX

The Military Industrial Complex

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Indonesia pulls out of Dutch tanks deal
Jul 03, 2012 (AFP)
Indonesia said Tuesday it had pulled out of a $280 million deal to buy 100 Leopard battle tanks from the Netherlands after waiting several months for the Dutch ...
Russia exports $6.5 billion worth of arms in 2012: Putin
Jul 02, 2012 (AFP)
Russia's defence industry has exported $6.5 billion worth of arms in the first half of 2012, an increase of 14 percent year-on-year, President Vladimir Putin sa...
European governments call for robust arms trade treaty
Jul 02, 2012 (AFP)
France, Britain, Germany and Sweden called Monday on the United Nations to quickly draw up a comprehensive arms trade treaty that will reduce what they called "...
Talks start on arms trade treaty
Jul 02, 2012 (AFP)
International talks started Monday on a treaty to regulate the $70 billion a year global arms trade, with the Syria conflict and trafficking into Africa casting...
Arms trade treaty talks set to begin at UN
Jun 30, 2012 (AFP)
UN member states on Monday will launch talks in New York on drafting the first comprehensive arms trade treaty, which activists say is all the more necessary gi...
Brazil leads region in defense spending
Jun 29, 2012 (UPI)
Ongoing and upcoming Brazilian defense programs translate into the highest defense expenditures in Latin America over the next decade. Business analysis firm Fr...
Crisis time nears for India's cadet pilots
Jun 28, 2012 (UPI)
India's air force faces a pilot training crisis in two years unless Hindustan Aeronautics delivers its new Intermediate Jet Trainer on time. Until 2009, every p...
United Technologies sold military software to China: US
Jun 28, 2012 (AFP)
United Technologies Corp. and two of its subsidiaries have pleaded guilty to exporting software that helped China build its first military attack helicopter, US...
Eurocopter shows off X-3
Jun 28, 2012 (UPI)
A European aircraft manufacturer is drumming up business in the United States with a demonstration tour by its new hybrid helicopter. Eurocopter, which has head...
Defense Industry cooperation highlighted
Jun 27, 2012 (UPI)
Defense industry ties between diverse countries and companies have been recently highlighted by four countries in official visits and talks. British Minister fo...
US holds talks on arms handover to CAsia: report
Jun 15, 2012 (AFP)
The US military is in talks with several Central Asian countries to transfer some of their military hardware to them after they pull out of Afghanistan, a Russi...
Saudi, Japan deals drive record US arms sales
Jun 14, 2012 (AFP)
Boosted by massive fighter jet deals with Saudi Arabia and Japan, US foreign military sales have shot past $50 billion in a record-breaking year, a senior US of...
Britain axes hundreds of Gurkhas in new round of cuts
Jun 13, 2012 (AFP)
Hundreds of Britain's Nepalese Gurkha fighters are to lose their jobs in a second round of cuts announced on Tuesday, which will see almost 3,000 posts slashed ...
Defense industries face $100B less orders
Jun 13, 2012 (UPI)
U.S. and international defense industries face reduced sales as the U.S. Congress considers budget cuts that may mean $100 billion shaved off defense spending i...
China, US smash international arms trafficking ring
Jun 12, 2012 (AFP)
China and the United States said Tuesday they have busted an international arms trafficking ring and arrested 26 suspects, in a rare instance of law enforcement...
German army aims to recruit more women soldiers: chief
Jun 10, 2012 (AFP)
Germany's army, the Bundeswehr, aims to boost the number of its women soldiers from the current nine percent to 15 percent, its head told a Sunday newspaper. "A...
Brazil hopes exports will fund defense
Jun 01, 2012 (UPI)
Brazil has set out a strategy of continuing to build defense spending on the back of earnings from raw material exports. Senior Brazilian government officials t...
India's army chief retires after clash with govt
May 31, 2012 (AFP)
The head of the Indian army retired on Thursday after a stormy tenure in office that included a series of public spats with the government, amid speculation he ...
BAE Systems says to cut 620 jobs in Britain
May 31, 2012 (AFP)
Arms manufacturer BAE Systems on Thursday said it planned to cut 620 jobs and shut a factory making armoured vehicles in Britain following government cuts to mi...
Treatment of Vietnam vets 'a national shame': Obama
May 28, 2012 (AFP)
President Barack Obama on Monday said the treatment of returning Vietnam veterans had been a national shame and disgrace and pledged no repeat for US military p...
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