“BRITAIN IS AIDING ISRAEL’S NUCLEAR FORCE”

by Mark Curtis in Declassified UK @Declassified_UK
@UKLabour
@palestine
@israel
@BBC5Live
@BBCRadio4

“UK companies have sold £9m worth of technology for Israel’s submarines, which are believed to house nuclear weapons”

https://www.declassifieduk.org/britain-is-aiding-israels-nuclear-force/

Photo of the Day 26th March 2025.

G-AHKX, Avro 19 Anson, BAE Systems, on static display at one of the annual Woodford Airshow, some time in the 1990s.

3 photos behind the link.
https://mancavgeek.co.uk/blog/photo-of-the-day-26th-march-2025/

#Manchester #Woodford #EGCD #Avro #Anson #BritishAerospace #BAESystems #AirShow
#AvGeek #aviation #planespotting #photography

#PlaneAlert ICAO: #43C611 Tail: #ZK303
Owner: #BAESystems
Aircraft: #Eurofighter Typhoon T3
2025-03-20 20:58:22 CET
#EUFI #IFeelTheNeed #Fighter #Testbed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warton_Aerodrome
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=43C611&zoom=7&lat=51.661299&lon=5.759048&timestamp=1742500702&showTrace=2025-03-20

#adsb #planefence #planealert by kx1t - https://sdr-e.com/docker-planefence

Windfall for European arms makers.

Weapons manufacturers across Europe are rushing to secure contracts after EU countries announced plans to dramatically increase defence spending.

Share prices of European arms companies had already risen sharply following the US decision to suspend military aid to Ukraine.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250307-windfall-for-european-arms-makers?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

Was Europas Rüstungsindustrie jetzt braucht - außer Geld

Europa will aufrüsten, doch das ist nicht leicht nach jahrelanger Sorglosigkeit unter dem Schutz der USA. Experten zufolge muss die EU in Rüstungsprojekten enger zusammenarbeiten, um sich besser zu schützen. Von Antje Erhard.

https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/ruestungsmarkt-europa-zersplitterung-aufgaben-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#PlaneAlert ICAO: #43C611 Tail: #ZK303
Owner: #BAESystems
Aircraft: #Eurofighter Typhoon T3
2025-03-04 20:54:42 CET
#EUFI #IFeelTheNeed #Fighter #Testbed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warton_Aerodrome
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=43C611&zoom=7&lat=53.260574&lon=1.568534&timestamp=1741118082&showTrace=2025-03-04

#adsb #planefence #planealert by kx1t - https://sdr-e.com/docker-planefence

If, as I keep saying, we're on the road to Military Keynsianism, then one of the likely immediate 'winners' will be BAE Systems, the UK defence manufacturer & largest non-US defence from in the world... and already you can see that ramping up of business taking place.

#Defence #BAESystems #Militray Keynsianism

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/feb/19/bae-systems-reports-record-orders-as-european-defence-spending-rises

Starmer’s Plan for UK Growth Is the Ukraine War
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/02/27/starmers-plan-for-uk-growth-is-the-ukraine-war/
Mark Curtis on the Labour government’s increase in military spending and its extraordinary new agreement with Ukraine. Mark Curtis Declassified UK U.K. military spending and aid to Ukraine are effectively providing a public subsidy to British arms firms. One major…
#Politics #Militarism #MilitaryIndustry #Ukraine #UnitedKingdon #Babcock #BaeSystems #ForeignSecretaryDavidLammy #MarkCurtis #ThalesUk #U.k.LabourParty #U.k.PrimeMinisterKeirStarmer

https://rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/2025/02/05/peaceful-alternatives-to-the-military-industrial-complex/

50 years ago workers at #LucasAerospace proposed to shift from military to socially useful production
https://www.common-wealth.org/publications/a-lucas-plan-for-the-twenty-first-century-from-asset-manager-arsenal-to-green-industrial-strategy

Lucas Plan
http://lucasplan.org.uk/lucas-aerospace-combine/

Video about the Combine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pgQqfpub-c

Source:
http://stevenschofield.co.uk/?p=350

#antimilitarism #frombelow
#militaryindustrialcomplex #BAESystems #LockheedMartin #Elbit #Palestine

https://www.europesays.com/1756184/ NATO Surveillance Approaches Untapped Space #BAESystems #drones #europe #Phasa35 #satellites

https://www.europesays.com/1667093/ BAE wins $2.5B deal to supply more CV90 vehicles to Denmark, Sweden #BAESystems #CirculatedDefenseNews #CombatVehicle #CV90CombatVehicle #Danmark #DefenseNews #denmark #DnDnr #InfantryFightingVehicle #netherlands #sweden #Ukraine

https://www.europesays.com/1584442/ BAE Nabs Contract For 10 Netherlands and Belgium Frigate Naval Guns #BAESystems #international #Navy/USMC #Nederland #netherlands #Nieuws

A "significant fire" has broken out at the #BAESystems #UK #nuclear #submarine shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, police have said.

Emergency services were called to the site, where #Britain's #nuclear #submarines are built, at around 00:44 GMT on Wednesday

Two people have been taken to hospital after suffering suspected smoke inhalation

Police said there was "no #nuclear risk"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2dqd2yy5do #News #russia #Ukraine

Japanese and foreign firms are displaying their latest drone tech at this week’s Japan International Aerospace Exhibition in a testament to how popular such unmanned aerial vehicles have become in recent years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/18/japan/science-health/drones-technology/ #japan #sciencehealth #defense #drones #tech #mitsubishiheavyindustries #shinmaywa #airbus #spaceentertainmentlaboratory #baesystems #japaninternationalaerospaceexhibition

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Britain’s BAE Systems have unveiled artificial intelligence-enabled drones at the Japan International Aerospace Exhibition for potential use with the next-generation fighter aircraft they are developing with Italy’s Leonardo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/18/japan/defense-exhibition-gcap-fighter-jet/ #japan #defense #italy #britain #fighterjets #globalcombatairprogram #mitsubishiheavyindustries #baesystems #leonardo

#antimilitarism
#militaryindustrialcomplex #Newscastle #Hunter #Raytheon #BAEsystems #LockheedMartin #WilliamtownAirport
#AstraAerolab #Daramont
#foodnotbombs
#Palestine #solidarity

The Unusual Espionage Act Case Against a Drone Photographer

In seemingly the first case of its kind, the US Justice Department has charged a Chinese national with using a drone to photograph a Virginia shipyard where the US Navy was assembling nuclear submarines.

https://www.wired.com/story/fengyun-shi-espionage-act-drone-photography/

University of Sheffield (UoS) has financial ties to #RollsRoyce, #Boeing, #BAESystems, #GKN, #Caterpillar, #Airbus, #GeneralElectricAviation, #QinetiQ, and the US and British militaries.

https://freedomnews.org.uk/2024/04/26/shag-fights-for-sheffields-universities-to-dump-the-arms-trade/

Universities and the Arms Trade
https://www.declassifieduk.org/explained-the-1bn-plus-deals-between-uk-universities-and-the-arms-trade/

SHAG fights for Sheffield’s universities to dump the arms trade
SHAG has been fighting for both of Sheffield's universities to cut all ties with the arms trade and the Ministry of Defence for over two years.
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2024/04/26/shag-fights-for-sheffields-universities-to-dump-the-arms-trade/
#BAESystems #SHAG #SheffieldActionGroup #UniversityOfSheffield

Hmm...

"Glascoed: Explosion at BAE Systems Monmouthshire site...

"...It happened at #BAESystems in #Glascoed, #Monmouthshire... on Wednesday, South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said...

"...Primarily an arms factory, last year work began on a bomb-making building at the site....

"...The funds were set aside to refurbish and upgrade manufacturing lines making ammunition, mortars, medium and large calibre artillery and tank shells."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-68836649