maandag 1 mei 2017

Week 17 in #wapenhandel25tweets

(Gaarne 'liken' of delen als je het nuttig of interessant vindt.)

Wapenbeurzen spelen een centrale rol bij de verkoop van militaire goederen. Ze zijn er voor lucht, ruimte, land of zee, of voor een specifiek soort wapentechnologie of gericht op een land of regio. Hieronder voorbeelden van de twee laatste soorten. 


ITEC heeft een naam in Nederland. Toen een delegatie van de Haagse gemeenteraad in de jaren negentig werd rondgeleid om het onschuldige karakter van de beurs te laten zien, stond een standhouder nog in de militaire modus en liet zien hoe je het gooien van een bom op een stad kon oefenen. Sindsdien was de beurs niet meer welkom. In Rotterdam zal er weer protest zijn, zie Facebook.

IDEF'17 richt zich op de Turkse ex- en import markt. De site van de beurs stelt trots vast: IDEF’17 will give place to the participation of 61 countries which are the leading countries like USA, Germany, Russia, France, England and Italy, and export the products of defence industry sector. Turkish Defence Industry is also one of these important countries’ defence industry. Je moet er maar tussen willen staan. Ondertussen vecht Turkije immers zijn oorlog met de Koerden in Turkije, Irak en Syrië uit en is hard op weg naar een recordaantal politieke gevangen.

De Nederlandse deelname lijkt beperkt: Extron uit Amersfoort, INTERNATIONAL PRECISION PRODUCTS uit Santpoort Zuid, MICROFLOWN AVISA uit Arnhem, maar ook bijvoorbeeld de Fokker vestiging in Izmir (FOKKER ELMO HAVACILIK SANAYİ VE TİCARET LTD ŞTİ.) Zie voor meer: http://idef.com.tr


Nederland (zie ook 5, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 23, 25)

EUROPA (zie ook 19)
1 270417: – #EU considering handing #ships armed with machine guns to #Libyan Coast Guard accused of killing #migrants. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/refugee-crisis-migrants-libya-government-ships-coastguard-request-eu-list-mediterranean-machine-guns-a7704171.html

België
2 – 240417: Repeating story #F35 #JSF flies higher than 'the market'. #Boeing pulls out of unfair #Belgian fighter replacement http://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2017/04/20/Boeing-pulls-out-of-unfair-Belgian-fighter-replacement-bid/5991492713645/

Duitsland (zie 10, 22)
3 – 260417: #Rheinmetall plans to arm #Ankara with new #Turkish panzer factory: https://sputniknews.com/europe/201704251052981542-german-weapons-turkey-factory/
@SputnikInt with Die Zeit as main source

4 – 250417: #Germany to boost naval spending under $4.3 billion #warship plan. Dutch #Damen part of one of competing teams. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-25/germany-to-boost-naval-spending-under-4-3-billion-warship-plan

Oostenrijk (zie 21)

Turkije (zie ook 3, 20, 24)
5 – 260417: Crocodile tears: #Turkey is key in the #F35 acquistion. The #Netherlands has a rule on transhipment of #JSF tech http://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0038437/2016-10-01

6 – 230417: President Erdogan seems to believe he can bully Trump into abandoning his Kurdish allies in the fight against ISIS. https://www.thenation.com/article/is-turkeys-war-on-syrian-kurds-becoming-a-war-on-the-united-states/

7 – 240417: Interview: Aselsan CEO Faik Eken talks #Turkey’s indigenous weapon and space programs, corporate plans http://www.defensenews.com/articles/interview-aselsan-ceo-faik-eken-talks-turkeys-indigenous-programs-corporate-plans


8 – 240417: Which countries, companies also participate in the #Turkish arms fair, #IDEF, May 9-12, 2017? 

VK (zie ook
9 – 300417 – #Labour will immediately ban all #weapons sales to repressive countries if it wins the election. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-party-british-weapons-sales-saudi-arabia-jeremy-corbyn-yemen-war-bae-systems-cluster-bombs-a7709076.html

Zwitserland
10 – 250417: Swiss/German Danzer & Danish DLH Group bought timber from Kouwenhoven in full knowledge of his close links to Taylor. http://thenewdawnliberia.com/politics/13446-taylor-allies-join-him-in-prison

Midden-Oosten (zie ook 6)

REST VAN DE WERELD

India (zie ook 22)

Kazachstan
11 – 290417: #Kazakh (defence) companies sold via #Dutch #auctions | IHS Jane's 360 #Kazakh (defence) companies sold via #Dutch #auctions | IHS Jane's 360 http://www.janes.com/article/69672/kazakh-government-adds-new-companies-to-privatisation-drive

12 – 250417: #Kazakhstan - human rights violating & oil rich country - orders two more #C295 #Airbus military transport #aircraft https://airbusdefenceandspace.com/newsroom/news-and-features/kazakhstan-orders-two-more-c295/

Libië (zie 1)
Maleisië

Saoedi-Arabië (zie 14)

DEFENSIE-INDUSTRIE

Airbus (zie ook 12, 21)
14 – 250417: #Questions by Dutch MP's Leijten/Karabulut (both #SP) on #Airbus arms deliveries to #Saudi coalition & #tax rulings https://1848.nl/static/pdf/e8/f0/e8f03e803dfa22343fc0133b8e7be8b373f5015e.pdf

Damen (zie 4, 20)
Fokker (zie 16)

WAPENS

Apaches AH-64
15 300417 – Lockheed modernizes Apaches of UK, Egypt, India, Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Netherlands, UAE, Saudi Arabia & Poland. https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/1167080/

Drones
16 – 300417 [In English]: 300417: Retweet: @FrankSlijper GKN Aerospace's #Fokker in the Netherlands to produce landing gear for Predator B unmanned aircraft #drones http://upi.com/6523180t via @upi
260417: [in Dutch] Mega-#drones from the US on Dutch landing gear, #Fokker will produce landing gear for MQ-9 #Reaper [in Dutch] http://www.ed.nl/helmond/mega-drone-uit-amerika-op-helmondse-pootjes~afd99494

F-35 (zie ook 2, 5)
17 – 240417: Christal clear figure F-35 JSF program delays. http://www.gao.gov/assets/690/684207.pdf … page 5


Kleine wapens
18 – 260417: #Dutch #police confiscates 200 fire arms a week. Netherlands seems to be central in smuggling, according to magazine http://revu.nl/nieuws/smokkelaar-nederland-is-spil-in-europese-wapenhandel/

19 – 260417: EU strengthens control of the acquisition and possession of firearms http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2017/04/25-control-acquisition-possession-weapons/

Vluchtelingen (zie 1)
20 – 240417: #Refugee control by #Turkey using new #Damen vessels. https://turkishnavy.net/2017/04/16/first-damen-sar-1906-boat-is-getting-ready-for-the-service/

Corruptie
21 – 270417: #Austria investigates #Airbus CEO Thomas #Enders over suspected #Eurofighter #EFA fraud. http://ca.reuters.com/article/news/idCAKBN17S1MO-OCABS … via @Reuters #Corruption

22 – 250417: India #bribery case hearing - Judgment Week for #German #Rheinmetall, Agent #Abhishek http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31818&articlexml=BRIBERY-CASE-HEARING-Judgment-Week-for-Rheinmetall-Agent-25042017004016 … #corruption

Wapenbeurzen (zie ook 8)
23 – 280417: Backgrounder [in Dutch] on #ITEC Arms Fair 16-18 May in #Rotterdam, Netherlands. http://www.stopwapenhandel.org/node/2052


24 – 250417: Which 43 #German, 30 #French, 15 #Italian, 8 UK, 5 #Dutch, 3 Belgium companies participate in the #Turkish arms fair, #IDEF, May 9-12, 2017?

25 – 240417: ITEC years ago asked to leave by The Hague city council. Now back in the Netherlands. Rotterdam city council what to do?


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