(Gaarne 'liken' of
delen als je het nuttig of interessant vindt.)
Onder de volgende tekst
– waarin één of meer tweets zijn verwerkt – staan de 25 tweets
van deze week.
Vragen
over de levering van SOTAS systemen aan Saoedi-Arabie en VAE zijn
beantwoord, maar een groot deel van de antwoorden gaan over vragen
die neit gesteld zijn. SP Kamerlid vroeg niet naar de export van
strategische systemen, maar naar de export en medewerking aan Abrams
tanks. Door het zo te vernauwen veegt Minister Kaag de hete aardappel
opzichtig van haar bord (zie verder onder 2).
Deze
week werd het lang verwachte en lijvige (564 pagina's) 19e
jaarrapport wapenexporten van de Europese Unie gepubliceerd in de
talen van de EU (zie 3 en 7). Op de website van het Europese Netwerk
tegen de Wapenhandel (ENAAT) staat een zoekmachine die het inzichtelijker
maakt.
Irritant blijft dat ook na
bijna twee decennia nog niet alle landen er in slagen om zowel
cijfers voor vergunnigen als daadwerkelijke exporten te geven.
Vergunningen
en wapenexporten naar Saoedi-Arabië, 2016 in €
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Land
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Vergunningen
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Exporten
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België
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33.514.269
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n.a.
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Bulgarije
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203.768.212
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238.988.458
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Denemarken
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2.774
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n.a.
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Duitsland
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529.705.969
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n.a.
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Finland
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0
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6.907.417
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Frankrijk
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13.829.998.780
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1.085.800.000
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Italië
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427.471.532
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139.957.887
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Nederland
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21.400
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0
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Oostenrijk
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679.575
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679.575
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Polen
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29.840.950
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173.961
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Portugal
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0
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24.745
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Roemenië
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16.577.887
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19.405.666
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Spanje
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154.859.063
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116.192.039
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Tjechië
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12.003.322
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14.491.784
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VK
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613.190.442
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n.a.
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Zweden
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154.787
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198.328
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Bron:
Negentiende jaarverslag
uitvoer van militaire goederen en technologie
(http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/NL/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:C:2018:056:FULL&from=EN)
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Nederland (zie
ook 11, 23, 27)
1 – 210218: State
clears Dutch Apache upgrades. At an estimated cost of almost $1.2
billion 28 AH-64D Block II #Apache Attack Helicopters are to be
upgraded and remanufactured to the AH-64E configuration.
https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2018/02/21/state-clears-dutch-apache-upgrades-kuwait-boats-finnish-weapons/
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The question was on
participation in the contract and not limited to exports with a
export license obligation. Delivered Thales Communication equipment
is removed from this obligation by the Dutch.
https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/binaries/rijksoverheid/documenten/kamerstukken/2018/02/23/antwoorden-op-vragen-over-nederlandse-medewerking-aan-amerikaanse-modernisering-van-saoedische-tanks/antwoorden-op-vragen-over-nederlandse-medewerking-aan-amerikaanse-modernisering-van-saoedische-tanks.pdf
EUROPA
(zie ook 25, 29)
3 – 220218: The 2016
figures on European arms exports and licenses in one thick report
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:C:2018:056:TOC
Look what you can distil out of report.
4 – 220218: Voor een
vreedzaam Europa: Dit zeggen leden van het Europees parlement ....
http://vreedzaameu.blogspot.com/2018/02/dit-zeggen-leden-van-het-europees.html
5 – 190218: @EIB
divided while being pushed into supporting the EU military/defense
sector @_ENAAT @urgewald
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-18/military-maneuvers-prompt-eu-tug-of-war-over-development-bank
6 – 190218: US
concerns about EU defence plans. The principal deputy assistant
secretary for int. security affairs to Defense Secretary Mattis,
Katie Wheelbarger: ''We don't want to see EU efforts pulling
requirements or forces away from NATO and into the EU.''
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/18/world/europe/nato-europe-us-.html
7 – 210218: Record
number of EU arms export denials on licenses for Saudi Arabia and UAE
in 2016, the Flemish Peace Institute states in a detailed press
release.
Recordaantal
weigeringen voor wapenexport naar Saoedi-Arabië en Verenigde
Arabische Emiraten, vanuit EU-landen. Lees ons persbericht
http://www.vlaamsvredesinstituut.eu/pers/recordaantal-weigeringen-voor-wapenexport-naar-saoedi-arabi%C3%AB-en-verenigde-arabische-emiraten
8 – 220218: MEPs roll
red carpet to national and industrial interests, refused to add any
reference to arms exports control, even symbolic, to #EDIDP programme
to fund military R&D @TheProgressives @ALDEgroup @EPPGroup
#noEUmoney4arms
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20180219IPR98120
#EUDefence
België
9 – 210218: The fight
for Belgian fighter euro's. French MP said Brussels wants to buy
Rafale fighters for naval capability
https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2018/02/20/belgium-wants-to-buy-rafale-fighters-for-naval-capability-says-french-lawmaker/
Duitsland
10 – 200218: Who
stops Rheinmetall in Turkey? [in German] Tauziehen um den neuen
türkischen Panzer
https://www.welt.de/print/welt_kompakt/print_wirtschaft/article173757910/Tauziehen-um-den-neuen-tuerkischen-Panzer.html
via @welt
11 – 200218: CV-90
armoured vehicle simulator by French Ruag and German eSimGames
(http://www.esimgames.com/ ) . [in Dutch]
https://magazines.defensie.nl/materieelgezien/2018/01/04_cv90-simu
Finland
12 – 200218: Finnish
Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintila said Monday that the
state-owned arms firm Patria had suffered "a loss in its
reputation" after a businessman of the company was found dead in
Uganda on Feb. 6.
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-02/20/c_136986510.htm#0-twi-1-30726-7250227817ecdff034dc9540e6c76667
Frankrijk
(zie ook 19)
13 – 180218: How a
French Fraudster Climbed the World of International Arms Dealing
https://www.occrp.org/en/theatreofwar/how-a-french-fraudster-climbed-the-world-of-international-arms-dealing
Oostenrijk
14 – 190218: Austria
to review decision to scrap deal with Airbus because of fraud and
wilful deception in connection with the $2 billion 2003 Eurofighter
order.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-airbus-nl-eurofighter-austria/austria-to-review-decision-to-scrap-eurofighter-jets-early-idUKKCN1FZ0YY
Turkije (zie
ook 10)
15 – 210218: #Canada
again: #Turkey to replace T-38 aircraft with locally built armed jet
but with the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-68 turboprop engine. The
plane is a strategic asset in Turkish anti-terror warfare an Air
Force officer said.
https://www.defensenews.com/training-sim/2018/02/20/turkey-to-replace-t-38-aircraft-with-locally-built-armed-jet/
16 – 230218:
Turkey’s Syria Operation Showcases Domestic Weapons Industry, but a
Western diplomat with knowledge of the subject says Ankara is
starting to reach out to allies to replenish its stocks of
specialized munitions on which the ongoing Afrin operation relies.
https://www.voanews.com/a/turkeys-syria-operation-showcases-domestic-weapons-industry/4266050.html
17 – 250218: In
Turkey Erdogan is the chief of defence industry [in French]
En Turquie, Erdogan est
le chef de l’entreprise de défense
http://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2018/02/23/en-turquie-erdogan-est-le-chef-de-l-entreprise-de-defense_5261437_3234.html
VK (zie
ook 28)
18 – 190218:
Government blasted over arms trade fair as weapons dealers given
grand treatment
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/snp-blasted-after-arms-trade-12042375#ICID=sharebar_twitter
REST VAN DE WERELD
Canada (zie
15, motor zit niet in tekst wel in vliegtuig)
Egypte
19 – 190218: It needs
a component to stop an arms deal:
US hindering completion
of Egypt-France Rafale fighter plane deal because it wont deliver
part of Scalp cruise missile part of the weaponry of the planes.
http://www.egyptindependent.com/us-hindering-completion-egypt-france-12-rafales-deal-la-tribune/
Japan
20 – 210218: #Japan
plans to buy at least 20 additional #F35A stealth fighters over the
next six years, some or all of which it may purchase directly from
Lockheed Martin Corp in the United States rather than assemble
locally, three sources said.
http://www.business-standard.com/article/international/japan-to-buy-20-more-f-35a-stealth-fighters-in-six-years-sources-say-118022100118_1.html
Oeganda (zie
12)
Saoedi-Arabië (zie
2, 7)
21 –
280218: Saudi foreign minister yesterday in EU Parliament to defend
country's role in Yemen war (@ParliMag)
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/news/saudi-foreign-minister-eu-parliament-defend-countrys-role-yemen-war
VAE (zie
2)
Vietnam
(zie 23)
VS
22 – 210218: The US
defence budget in four graphs:
DEFENSIE-INDUSTRIE
Airbus (zie
14)
Damen
23 – 200218: Damen as
an international player on the naval market [in Dutch]
http://broekstukken.blogspot.nl/2018/02/internationale-lobby-deel-14-serie-over.html
(part of a serie of 14
blogs)
Bedrijfsprofiel
van het Nederlandse scheepsbouw conglomeraat Damen
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1
De
start
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Op
dit blog veel meer berichten waarin Damen een rol speelt. Vind ze
met de zoekfunctie.
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Thales (zie
2)
WAPENS
F-35 (zie
ook 20)
24 – 210218: On
aircraft carriers, tension in Asia, potential new customers (South
Korea and Japan), the planes (Russian SU-33 and US F35). Why want
states to buy these “cruise missile magnets”?
https://www.eurasiareview.com/21022018-the-aircraft-carrier-an-idea-that-refuses-to-die-analysis/
Observatie
technologie (IT)
25 – 220218: Eleven
member states back the European Commission’s proposal to introduce
export controls on products that could harm human rights, according
to a negotiating document that http://EURACTIV.com
has obtained.
https://www.euractiv.com/section/cybersecurity/news/eleven-member-states-back-eu-controls-on-selling-spyware/
Onderzeeboten
26 – 200218: ASW
capability beefed up with base and planes. Poland, Canada join NATO
members in potential maritime surveillance aircraft buy
https://www.defensenews.com/smr/munich-security-forum/2018/02/15/poland-canada-join-nato-members-in-potential-maritime-surveillance-aircraft-buy/
Speciale Troepen
27 – 200218:
Defenture produces fast, light and small vehicles for Dutch SOF (and
the Dutch armed forces in general): the Vector (Versatile
Expeditionary Commando Tactical Off Road) and the Scorpion (a
diesel-quad).
https://magazines.defensie.nl/materieelgezien/2018/01/08_in-bedrijf
Wapenbeurzen
(zie 18)
OVERIG
Corruptie (zie
13, 14)
Defensiebudget (zie
1)
Lobby (zie
23)
Onderzoek en
activisme
28 – 200218: Not bad.
UK defence industry has profit margin over 10 percent.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/681733/Quarterly_qualifying_defence_contract_statistics_Q3_2017-18.pdf
29 – 210218: Two-part
series, to outline the issues and concerns over Global Export
Controls.
Part 1
https://tax.thomsonreuters.com/blog/onesource/growing-concerns-over-global-export-controls-part-1/
Part 2
https://tax.thomsonreuters.com/blog/onesource/growing-concerns-over-global-export-controls-part-2/
This is a selection
from a larger amount of tweets. Tweets with a relation the
Netherlands, arms trade and defence-industry weight heavier in the
selection. If you want to have them daily see
http://twitter.com/martinbroek
