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Saudi weapons imports lead surge in global salesA surge in weapons purchases by Saudi Arabia, leading a coalition of nations fighting in Yemen, helped push global arms sales up more than 10 percent last year, according to an annual report. The world defence market climbed to $6 More… |
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Saudi weapons imports lead surge in global salesA surge in weapons purchases by Saudi Arabia, leading a coalition of nations fighting in Yemen, helped push global arms sales up more than 10 percent last year, according to an annual report. The world defence market climbed to $6 More… |
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Egypt close to $1.12bn French arms purchasesEgypt is preparing to buy French warships and a military satellite in deals worth more than €1 billion ($1.12 billion), La Tribune newspaper reported on Tuesday. The four naval vessels to be built by French naval shipyard DCN More… |
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Bahrain denies Israeli arms purchase planBahrain has denied any plans to purchase the Israeli-manufactured air defence system from Israel. “Bahrain has no intention of buying the ‘Iron Dome’ and David’s Sling weapon system for air and missile defence,” s More… |
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Iran threatening Gulf with arms stockpileIran is trying to stockpile enough firepower to ‘overwhelm’ the Gulf at any time, it has been revealed. Tehran is waging a campaign of ‘state-sponsored terrorism’ aimed at destabilising the region and fuelling unrest, s More… |
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Arms firms get new buyers as cyber fears growA broadening wave of cyber attacks is drumming up new clients for defence companies as anxiety about the loss of sensitive data spreads from military chiefs to company bosses. Banks, utilities and media groups More… |
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Seized arms ‘could obliterate Manama’Explosives seized by Bahraini authorities when they intercepted a boat coming from Iran were enough to ‘obliterate Manama from existence’, it has emerged. The shocking revelation was made by Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed More… |
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26 people charged with arms cache in KuwaitKuwait has charged 26 people with possessing weapons and having contacts with Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah group in order to plot attacks against the Gulf state. The case relates to the seizure of an arms cache in Kuwait last month w More… |
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Arms seized in Kuwait ‘came from Iran’A huge arms cache seized in Kuwait last week was smuggled into the country from Iran, two Kuwaiti newspapers reported on Sunday. The Interior Ministry said on Thursday authorities had found ammunition, explosives, weapons and gren More… |
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Kuwait seizes arms, holds suspects in militant plotKuwait authorities seized a huge arms cache smuggled from Iraq and hidden beneath houses near the border, arresting three suspected members of a militant cell that was plotting to destabilise the country, local media said. More… |
