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"Russia is the world’s second biggest exporter, selling Sukhoi jets, tanks, infantry vehicles and guns. But plans to remain a military superpower are likely to be sunk by the huge gap between the government’s aspirations and capability of modernising the
May 19 2013, By LOYISO SIDIMBA AND CANDICE BAILEY BAE arms deal > 5 billion euro German corvettes, Thyssen Rheinstahl Technik GMBH 1994 < 200 million euro Thabo's commission ca 20 million euro
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26.03.2012 Teija Laakso "YK:n kansainvälisen asekauppasopimuksen (Arms Trade Treaty) tekstistä on tarkoitus sopia heinäkuussa New Yorkissa. Kuusi vuotta tekeillä olleen sopimuksen taustalla on kasvava huoli kansainvälisen asekaupan ja aseiden aiheuttamista ihmisoikeusloukkauksista. "Vuosittain ainakin puoli miljoonaa ihmistä kuolee aseiden aiheuttamaan väkivaltaan. Haavoittuneita ja ihmisoikeusloukkauksia kokeneita on moninkertainen määrä", viime viikolla Suomessa vieraillut Wood muistuttaa. Aseviennin vuotuinen arvo on noin 50 miljardia dollaria, mutta harvalle maalle se on oleellinen osa taloutta. Siitä huolimatta asekauppaa ei vielä säädellä kattavasti kansainvälisesti."
BBC / Jorn Madslien 6 jun 2011 "Corruption in the arms trade contributes roughly 40% to all corruption in global transactions," the think tank said in its 2011 yearbook. The problem could be tackled by a global arms trade treaty, Sipri said The industry's "deep and abiding link to matters of national security obscures many deals from oversight and accountability", according to yearbook authors Andrew Feinstein, Paul Holden and Barnaby Pace.
EADS, the parent company of Airbus, says it is to rename itself after its commercial plane-making subsidiary. It will be called Airbus Group and have three divisions; commercial aircraft, defence and space, and helicopters. EADS said the move would "enhance integration and cohesion by renaming the group and its divisions using the globally recognised Airbus brand". Implementation of the change will start in January and is set to be completed in the second half of 2014.
August 2008 The US and Poland have signed a deal to locate part of the US's controversial missile defence system on Polish soil. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice travelled to Warsaw for the ceremony, after 18 months of negotiations. The agreement w
Wikileaks avslöjanden drabbar nu även i viss mån den ryska eliten. Av den senaste skörden offentliggjorda telegram framgår att Ryssland varit berett att avstå från att leverera mot S-300 missiler till Iran i utbyte mot USA:s godkännande av ett ryskt köp
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