maandag 20 februari 2017

Week 7 in 25 tweets

In India was deze week een grote luchtmacht wapenbeurs Aero India. Op zondag werd deze gevolgd door IDEX in Aboe Dhabi. In Amsterdam was een bijeenkomst van Europese (inclusief Oekraïne) hotemetoten uit het materieelverwervingweereldje in een hotel. De wapenverkoop gaat onverdroten door.

Misschien was het meest opvallende toch wel de Keniaanse commotie rond de aanschaf van ongeschikte vliegtuigen uit de Verenigde Staten (zie week 6 voor de officiële bekendmaking daarvan) en de aandacht daarvoor in de VS en Kenia een week later.



Nederland (zie ook 4, 20)

1 – 140217: Broekstukken: Export of Dutch dual-use satellites in 2016 (in Dutch, English version later this week) Nederlands: http://bit.ly/2kr4tid English: http://bit.ly/2lkTFS1
2 – 14/02/17: Het vijandsbeeld van Europa klopt niet http://bit.ly/2lRHFnZ
Oekraïne

3 – 140217: Is the international arms embargo ended? #Ukraine wants closer military ties with #Burma/#Myanmar, expert says http://bit.ly/2lMmFDx
4 – 160217: #Ukraine procurement officials now at #EDP, #Amsterdam. Recently named in IHS JDW (8/2) as part of Ukraines problems. http://bit.ly/2lOlUJZ

Oostenrijk
5 – 160217: #Austria sues #Airbus together with #EFA it illegally charged nearly 10 percent of the purchase price http://reut.rs/2lkSIto #corruption

Turkije

6 – 140217: #Turkey is part of #EU zone for arms trade licenses. So how can #conflict zones offer space for Turkish #APC sales? http://bit.ly/2lQjFT7

Midden-Oosten

7 – 190217: Defence industry in focus as Idex kicks off in Abu Dhabi http://bit.ly/2mbspCM 
Look for who's there at #IDEX2017 : http://bit.ly/2ly4TTY
     
Armenië

8 – 150217: #Armenian National Committee of America calls on State Department to oppose #Israeli Iron Dome sale to #Azerbaijan http://bit.ly/2mbqI8d

China

9 – 150217: Figures and viewpoint on global and East Asian military budgets, focussing on China. https://t.co/2vEUo9OLmV
India

10 – 13/02/17 Swedish defence giant #SAAB offers to build high-tech #jet production factory in #India. http://bit.ly/2lCuE5H

Indonesia

11 – 160217: The ghost chopper story continues: Another twist in Indonesia's puzzling AW101 helicopter buy: http://bit.ly/2lj6HNT

Kenia

12 – 160217: US House Representatives wants to block the January Arms trade sold to the #Kenyan Government! by @andrewfeinstein http://bit.ly/2kB6VCM

13 – 190217: Envoy Robert Godec clarifies #Kenya's #arms deal with #US - Daily Nation http://bit.ly/2lvHjH2

Myanmar/Birma

14 – 160217: Arms ban #Myanmar/#Birma still valid? More an more countries (India, #Pakistan, #Ukraine) do if it isn't. But it is! http://bit.ly/2kt2mKN

SM-3

15 – 140217: Belgium: The Next Missile Defense Superpower? http://bit.ly/2lnhecV

16 – 160217: The later you'll step in, the cheaper they are. Here’s how cost of each version of the #F35 #JSF is changing http://bit.ly/2kM84mi

Special Forces

17 – 13/02/17 #Renault Trucks Defence delivers heavy vehicles to #French special forces #SF http://bit.ly/2lccYNn

defensie-industrie

18 – 13/02/17 Military satellites, the Pentagon's industrial relations http://bit.ly/2lIPsFC

Airbus

19 – 13/02/17 SFO drops investigation against two key individuals in GPT/Airbus bribery allegations relating to Saudi Arabia: http://bit.ly/2l8aboW

Damen

20 – 160217: After #navy tugs, now #OPVs. #Damen and #SouthAfrica Shipyards in the lead to build new Navy hulls | defenceWeb http://bit.ly/2lZYcXS

Corruptie (zie ook 5, 11, 19)

21 – 170217: #Compensation deals for arms contracts are bad they make the price higher and open the door to #corruption. http://bit.ly/2kVqqlS

22 – 180217: #Corruption in defence-industry endemic. #Bulgaria's new interim government finds many irregular defence contracts http://bit.ly/2mbyTkS

Activisme en onderzoek

23 – 160217: Protest at European Defence Procurement lobby in Amsterdam hotel. Protest bij 'feestje van de wapenlobby' in Zuid https://t.co/PPwCa24XXX

24 – 150217: Stop the Cardiff arms fair! Full of activities. http://bit.ly/2l8QCfj

25 – 150217: Charges dropped for nine protesters against arms trade in New Zeland | Otago Daily Times Online News http://bit.ly/2kVFkbM