UAE’s EDGE group has signed agreements with Morocco to supply guided weapons to the Royal Moroccan Air Force and explore the local production of small arms and aeronautical engines.
defenceweb.co.za/industry/ind...
@frankslijper.bsky.socialFrank Slijper
@frankslijper.bsky.social
All things arms trade and export control; military AI and autonomous weapons; war and diplomacy — [email protected] 🍉
@frankslijper.bsky.social@frankslijper.bsky.socialUS Department of State has approved a possible sale to Egypt of over 2 000 Javelin anti-tank missile systems at a total cost of $832 million.
defenceweb.co.za/land/land-la...
@frankslijper.bsky.socialGreat piece by @petramolnar.com on Greece & Europe buying Israeli military and 'security' equipment
"There is no version of European technology policy worth defending that is selective about whose human rights are worth defending within its borders — and beyond."
www.techpolicy.press/human-rights...
@nobelprize.orgReposted by @frankslijper.bsky.socialThe #NobelPeacePrize for 2026 goes to a person who with exceptional courage and integrity has led the way towards a more comprehensive global legal order. This year’s laureate Navi Pillay has been instrumental in ensuring that war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide are prosecuted.
@forumarmstrade.bsky.socialReposted by @frankslijper.bsky.socialMiss or want to rewatch?
📣 War in Sudan: Outside Weapons and What Can Be Done
with Navid Kermani, Kholood Khair, @frankslijper.bsky.social , Caroline Buisman, Hine-Wai Loose co-hosted w/
@controlarms.bsky.social
📹 Video now available at youtu.be/i2U6fJdjixI
@forumarmstrade.bsky.socialReposted by @frankslijper.bsky.social📣 War in Sudan: Outside Weapons and What Can Be Done Next
📅 DATE: October 8, 2026
⌛TIME: 3:00-4:00 PM CEST / 9:00-10:00 AM EDT
Navid Kermani, Kholood Khair, @frankslijper.bsky.social, Caroline Buisman, Hine-Wai Loose
co-hosted w/ @controlarms.bsky.social
@frankslijper.bsky.socialFrance fires upgraded nuclear-capable missile from submarine for first time www.defensenews.com/global/europ...
@frankslijper.bsky.socialIsraeli settlers beat AFP press photographer as soldiers watch in West Bank
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
@forumarmstrade.bsky.socialReposted by @frankslijper.bsky.social“Musk and Luckey should be treated as vendors,” said Bill Hartung, a principal adviser at the nonpartisan Project on Government Oversight. “Not grand strategists.” @pogo.org
www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
@frankslijper.bsky.socialIsraeli arms producer Elbit Systems and Serbian state-owned Jugoimport SDPR have opened a joint drone assembly plant in Šimanovci; they are planning at least three more factories in the country.
euro-sd.com/2026/10/news...
@thomasvangool.bsky.socialReposted by @frankslijper.bsky.socialGeen Nederlands geld voor Israëlische wapens. Nederland moet stoppen met de import van Israëlische wapens omdat dit bijdraagt aan Israëls genocide in Gaza. In de eerste helft van dit jaar kocht NL alweer voor 163 miljoen. Opinie met collega @frankslijper.bsky.social. www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikel...
@frankslijper.bsky.socialAviacon Zitotrans’s Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft flew missions linking the UAE to destinations in Africa, following the same routes as those used by other operators that have been tied to the UAE’s support for the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan’s civil war
www.defensenews.com/global/midea...
@forumarmstrade.bsky.socialReposted by @frankslijper.bsky.socialUPDATE: Caroline Buisman, Independent Int'l Fact-Finding Mission #Sudan joins:
📣War in Sudan: Outside Weapons and What Can Be Done Next
📅October 8, 3:00-4:00 PM CEST
Navid Kermani, Kholood Khair, @frankslijper.bsky.social Hine-Wai Loose @controlarms.bsky.social www.forumarmstrade.org/events.html#...
@frankslijper.bsky.socialBreach of the Defense Manpower Data Center’s information system exposed the personal information of more than 3 million people with ties to the U.S. military: Pentagon official
federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-main...
@globaljusticenow.bsky.socialReposted by @frankslijper.bsky.socialWE SAY NO TO PALANTIR 🙅♂️
We and 120+ organisations and unions across Europe are calling on our governments and the European Commission to scrap all existing public sector contracts with Palantir.
Read the open letter here: www.globaljustice.org.uk/wp-content/u...
@frankslijper.bsky.socialCongress presses Oracle for answers on $17 billion(!) increase of Veteran Affairs’s electronic health record modernization contract after VA officials could not offer reasoning at a congressional hearing in September. www.militarytimes.com/veterans/202...
@frankslijper.bsky.socialAll Eyes on Sudan
The war in Sudan is now entering its fourth year and is becoming increasingly bloody. What can the Netherlands, Europe and other international actors do?
Honoured to speak at this event about the role of arms transfers to the warring parties
@frankslijper.bsky.socialUkraine’s deadly AI training platform for drone tech opens to UK companies
British MoD partners with Ukraine’s Avengers AI Labs, a platform built to train AI for battlefield drones, first time Kyiv has opened up its trove of wartime data to an outside government
www.defensenews.com/unmanned/202...
@frankslijper.bsky.socialU.S., Russia weakened a range of safeguards in landmark U.N. effort to try to regulate the use of lethal autonomous weaponry. The global negotiations at the CCW earlier this month marked the furthest progress yet toward a potential treaty.
@defendourjuries.bsky.socialReposted by @frankslijper.bsky.socialBREAKING: Massive Attack’s Rob Del Naja arrested under the UK Terrorism Act outside Labour Party conference venue. The legendary musician was arrested after peacefully holding “I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action” on a paper sign on the eve of Labour’s conference.