Tilburg arms manufacturer buys rights to Israeli weapon designs - DutchNews.nl
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Tilburg-based defence company AIA is buying technological data from Israeli arms manufacturer IWI, best known for the Uzi machine gun, and which is the main supplier of small arms for the Israeli military and police forces, broadcaster NOS reported. AIA is specifically buying design information for two guns, noted for their ability to shoot down drones, the Arad 5 rifle and the Negev UX light machine gun. AIA’s director Gerard Zondervan told NOS that “Europe is calling”, that the bloc...
  • chrispy@feddit.orgEnglish
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    4 days ago

    AIA’s director Gerard Zondervan told NOS that “Europe is calling”, that the bloc needs to produce its own weapons

    Proceeds to produce Israeli weapons

    • CovertOperative@piefed.zipEnglish
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      3 days ago

      Depends if they’re selling the weapons back to Israel. (I don’t know if they do.) But now that they own the rights, they could even do the opposite and make Israel have less kinds of weapons available.