(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.
Het
conflict tussen Turkije en Griekenland (beide NAVO-bondgenoten) leidt
volgens sommige bronnen tot Griekse wapenaankopen, zoals de
modernisering van de F-16 vloot. Die analyse wijst erop a) dat een
militair conflict binnen de NAVO dat al decennia lang woekert niet
opgelost lijkt te kunnen worden, en b) het antwoord meer wapens naar
beide partijen die oplossing niet dichterbij brengt en alleen ten
koste van andere uitgaven waarmee de bevolking meer gediend is.
Opvallend
is ook dat de leveranties voor de Turkse F-35's even niet vanzelf
spreken. In de VS is er oppositie tegen vanwege de aanschaf van een
Russisch luchtverdedigingssysteem. Het leidt binnen het VK meteen tot
commentaar dat dit wel eens ten koste kan gaan van Britse exporten:
“When you rattle your sabre, you should be careful you don't
accidentally whack your mates with it.”
Tijdens
het samenstellen van deze aflevering van de tweets vraag ik me af of
het duidelijk zal zijn waarom ik tweets opneem. Anti-wapenhandel
activiteiten lijken vaak een verlengstuk van activiteiten om de
mensenrechten in landen aan te kaarten.Dat is belangrijk, maar er is meer: omvang militaire uitgaven, spanningen in regio's of landen etc. Kijk er het gezamenlijke standpunt van de EU maar op na.
Maar als
antimilitarist sta ik er toch ook voor om te benadrukken dat
militaire antwoorden vaak in dienst staan van hen die aan de rijke,
de machtige kant van de streep staan. Wapens zijn er vooral om de
bestaande orde te verdedigen en zijn niet die van Henk en Ingrid, of
Glenn en Soeraja te verbeteren.
Als
antimilitarist sta ik ervoor te waken dat militairen aan de rand van
de overheidsmacht staan en niet er midden in. Niet alleen de kosten
die de krijgsmacht met zich meebrengt moeten beschreven worden, ook
de macht en invloed. Hier en elders in de wereld. Daarom gaat het in
deze lijst niet alleen over Jemen en Turkije, maar ook om
marine-industrie en gevechtsvliegtuigen.
Nederland (zie
ook 17, 22)
1 – 230418: Dutch
Parliamentary Q&A on border equipment for Turkey from EU funds.
Materiel includes unarmed, but armoured vehicles for border
surveillance. The European Commission is responsible to control
equipment isn't used for other tasks.
https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten/kamerstukken/2018/04/23/beantwoording-kamervragen-over-bericht-dat-eu-meebetaalt-aan-dodelijke-grensbewaking-in-turkije
2 – 240418: Dutch
government downplays the no. 10 rank of the Netherlands in the latest
SIPRI arms exports list, because the scope of weapons researched, the
TIV-methodology and the Dutch transparency not hiding the export of
surplus arms. [in Dutch]
https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten/kamerstukken/2018/04/23/kamerbrief-over-het-rapport-trends-in-international-arms-transfers-2017
3 – 250418: The US
sells F-16 pilot training to the Netherlands, cost US$ 110 million.
Duration: ?
http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/netherlands-f-16-formal-training-unit-tucson-air-national-guard-base-angb-arizona
The US sells 3,500
M1156 Precision Guided Kits to the Netherlands, cost US$ 70 million.
http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/netherlands-m1156-precision-guided-kits
EUROPA
(zie ook 1, 16)
4 – 240418:
Presidential Memo for the Secretary of State eligibility of the
Organisation Conjointe de Cooperation en matiere d’Armement (OCCAR)
to receive US defence articles and defence services under the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 & the Arms Export Control Act.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-memorandum-secretary-state-9/
5 – 280418: EU
Extends Myanmar Arms Embargo, Prepares Individual Sanctions
http://jakartaglobe.id/international/eu-extends-myanmar-arms-embargo-prepares-individual-sanctions/
via @thejakartaglobe
6 – 300418: EDA &
EIB aim to finalise their envisioned “co-operative financial
mechanism” (CFM) by the end of 2018, thus placing the EIB’s vast
borrowing muscle at the service of multination defence research and
acquisition activities across the EU.
http://www.janes.com/article/79631/eu-defence-agency-and-investment-bank-to-finalise-lending-accord-before-2019
Duitsland (zie
ook 9, 21)
7 – 270418: Lockheed
Martin executives Thursday dismissed critics’ claims that a German
move to buy the F-35 fighter jet now would jeopardize future
German-French combat aircraft cooperation. But it wouldn't help the
European aeronautic industry neither.
https://www.defensenews.com/industry/2018/04/26/lockheed-tries-to-steer-clear-of-german-f-35-politics/?
8 – 250418: Lets hope
so: Germany moving to limit arms sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE, Turkey
@AJENews
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/04/germany-moving-limit-weapons-export-saudi-arabia-uae-180428072944493.html
Frankrijk (zie
ook 7, 10, 11, 21, 28)
9 – 250418: Paris and
Berlin have been rivals in the fighter business. That should change
now. For the new fighter compromises are needed - at least from one
side. France probably won't.
https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/plus175753140/Eurofighter-Erbe-Superkampfjet-ueberfluegelt-sogar-die-F-35.html
Griekenland (zie
14)
10 – 230418: Quarrel
among NATO allies is good for French naval shipbuilding industry, but
for population of Greece living in poverty it is bad news.
https://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2018/Apr-20/446123-greece-to-lease-french-warships-amid-aegean-tensions-with-turkey.ashx
11 – 300418: Not only
outside threats also internal turmoil in NATO leads to ..... weapon
acquisitions. Making the world more secure? (Greece to upgrade its
US F-16 military jets amid tensions with Turkey)
http://www.dw.com/en/greece-to-upgrade-its-us-f-16-military-jets-amid-tensions-with-turkey/a-43582335
Italië (zie
25, 28)
Turkije
(zie ook 1, 8, 10, 11)
12 – 240418: "Ankara
to purchase Russian S-400 missile systems. "this could
potentially lead to sanctions under article 231 of the CAATSA and
negatively affect Turkey's participation in the F-35 program,"
US Assistant Secretary of State, Wes Mitchell said.
https://en.trend.az/other/commentary/2891804.html
13 – 260418: US
sanctions on Turkey for Russia purchases could ground Brittish
F-35's.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/04/23/sanctions_of_usa_affect_on_supply_turkey_f35_euro_engine_supply/
via @theregister
VK (zie
ook 13, 18, 24, 25, 31)
15 – 290418:
Chengtong Trading, a company registered in Northamptonshire has
become embroiled in suspected shipment of chemical weapons supplies
from North Korea to Syria. The address on outskirts of Daventry =
feared to be one of several NK front operations in the UK.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/british-firm-masks-kim-jong-un-s-chemical-weapons-supply-to-syria-0fkg2rqfm
16 – 300418: The
connections between palm oil, environment, Brexit, arms exports and
the EU. The world seen through the eyes of Brexiteers. EU UK commerce
conflict: Brussels dangers £ 7 billion in British defence contracts
| Politics | Information - NEWPAPER24
https://newpaper24.com/eu-uk-trade-war-brussels-risks-7billion-in-british-defence-contracts-politics-news-newpaper24/
17 – 300418: Tories
under pressure build navy support vessels and to produce its steel in
the UK because the ships are a strategic asset, because they are
ships build for war.
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/tories-under-pressure-build-navy-12452361#ICID=sharebar_twitter
REST VAN DE WERELD
Israël
18 – 250418:
Campaign Against Arms Trade’s Andrew Smith is right to note that
arming governments like Israel’s sends a message of support for its
actions.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/we-have-stop-deadly-trade-arms
20 – 280418: Hamas
engineer 'negotiated arms deals with North Korea, assassinated by
Mossad' in Malaysia
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-hamas-engineer-killed-in-malaysia-negotiated-arms-deals-with-koreans-1.6030971
Japan
21 – 250418: In a
fresh bid to win its first major foreign arms deal since World War
Two, Japan is proposing its P-1 submarine hunter for a French-German
project to develop a marine surveillance aircraft #MPA, two Japanese
government sources said.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-defence-germany-france/japan-seeks-role-in-french-german-marine-surveillance-plane-project-sources-idUSKBN1HW088
Maleisië (zie
20)
Myanmar (zie
5)
Noord-Korea
(zie 15, 20)
Pakistan (zie
ook 23)
Roemenië (zie
22, 23)
Rusland (zie
12-13)
Saoedi-Arabië (zie
8)
Syrië (zie
15)
VAE (zie
8)
DEFENSIE-INDUSTRIE
Airbus (zie
4, 25, 28)
Damen
(zie ook 17, 22)
23 – 230418: Steel
cutting ceremony held for Pakistan’s 1st Damen warship (1800 OPV).
https://quwa.org/2018/04/22/steel-cutting-ceremony-held-for-pakistans-first-damen-1800-opv/
via @QuwaGroup
Fokker
24 – 230418: Entire
GKN board resigns following Melrose takeover. What does this mean for
Dutch Fokker?
http://www.janes.com/article/79462/entire-gkn-board-resigns-following-melrose-takeover
MBDA
25 – 300418: European
missile maker #MBDA (Airbus, BAE Systems, Leonardo) prefers to form
cooperation agreements with U.S. companies instead of using takeovers
to gain access to the large U.S. arms market, Chief Executive Antoine
Bouvier told Reuters in an interview.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-airshow-mdba/missile-maker-mbda-plans-tie-ups-not-takeovers-in-u-s-push-idUSKBN1HX26N
WAPENS
Drones
26 – 240418: US
marines want to have longer range kamikaze drone.
https://www.c4isrnet.com/news/your-marine-corps/2018/04/23/the-corps-is-looking-for-a-tube-launched-suicide-drone/
27 – 250418: 19 NGO's
vragen Europese landen, waaronder Nederland, hun betrokkenheid bij
het Amerikaanse #drone programma te herzien. We deden er met
#DutchArms eerder onderzoek naar. Nederland is een belangrijke
toeleverancier.
https://twitter.com/lisadupuy/status/989163198786998272
28 – 270418: Airbus,
Dassault and Leonardo have revealed the first full-scale model of an
envisioned European drone at the Berlin Air Show, upping the the
visibility ― and scrutiny ― of a project meant to epitomize the
continent’s growing military profile.
https://www.defensenews.com/industry/techwatch/2018/04/26/companies-unveil-eurodrone-model-at-berlin-air-show/
F-35
(zie 7, 12-13)
Vluchtelingen
(zie ook 1)
OVERIG
Defensiebudget
29 – 280418: Global
defense spending is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of about 3.0
percent over the 2017–2022 period, crossing US$2 trillion by 2022.
Global Aerospace & Defense Outlook 2018 | Deloitte | C&IP
https://www2.deloitte.com/global/en/pages/manufacturing/articles/global-a-and-d-outlook.html
via @Deloitte
30 – 280418: 1+1=2
- US makes it cheaper for foreign nations to buy American weapons (https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2018/04/27/us-makes-it-cheaper-for-foreign-nations-to-buy-american-weapons/)
- Newly confirmed Pompeo stresses defense spending target at first NATO meeting (https://www.defensenews.com/global/the-americas/2018/04/27/newly-confirmed-pompeo-stresses-defense-spending-target-at-first-nato-meeting/)
Onderzoek en
activisme
31 – 290418:
Contrary to the Times’ ravings about universities being hotbeds of
left-wing and anti-war sentiment, the institutions and their
leaderships are already deeply integrated with the armed forces and
private military contractors, World Socialist Site state.
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/04/28/mili-a28.html
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
