BAE Systems is Britain’s largest defence company and the third largest arms firm in the world, with 95 per cent of its business military-related. The company has visited more than 400 schools across the UK and produced lessons for children as young as seven years old, prompting critics to describe its access as a “moral … Continue reading Arms dealers are having an increasing influence in schools
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F-35 fighter jet crashes on the same day its first combat mission was conducted; Trump believes F-35 is ‘invisible.’
An F-35 fighter jet crashed in South Carolina, the US Marine Corps said, in the first such incident to affect the most expensive defence programme in the world. ... The F-35 Lightning II is built by Lockheed-Martin. Reuters reported earlier on Friday that the Pentagon announced an $11.5bn contract for 141 planes, which “lowered the price for the most … Continue reading F-35 fighter jet crashes on the same day its first combat mission was conducted; Trump believes F-35 is ‘invisible.’
Britain’s arms exports grow by billions
Documents seen by i weekend show that Britain almost doubled the value of defence equipment, including fighter jets and munitions, it cleared for export in 2017, as it vies with Vladimir Putin’s Russia to be the world’s second largest weapons supplier. The £6.6bn of UK arms licences represents an 83 per cent rise on the previous year. … Continue reading Britain’s arms exports grow by billions
Brexit: increase in military cooperation between Japan and UK
http://www.inthelongrun.org/articles/article/brexit-the-view-from-japan-or-the-tokyo-consensus Since the United Kingdom chose to leave the EU, a new consensus has emerged amongst Tokyo-based policymakers, such as members of Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and those close to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, myself included. Call it the 'Tokyo Consensus'. It assumes that, as far as Japan’s national interest is concerned, Brexit may … Continue reading Brexit: increase in military cooperation between Japan and UK
Is Climate the Worst Casualty of War?
by Stacy Bannerman https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/07/31/climate-worst-casualty-war How do you clear a room of climate activists? Start talking about war. It’s not just environmentalists that leave; it’s pretty much everyone. Mission accomplished by the Bush Administration, which sent the military and their families to war and the rest of the country to an amusement park. The military-civilian divide … Continue reading Is Climate the Worst Casualty of War?
Transform defence for sustainable human safety 