Krieg, der neue Aufzeichnungen schlagend sich bereichert

Bewaffnet die Hersteller, die Krieg auf Terrorismus gewinnen

Aufrichtiger Wanderer

ARM-Hersteller bilden Rekordprofite vom Krieg auf Terrorismus und beispielloser Ausgabe auf Waffeprogrammen.

Das massive Einkommen hat Verurteilung von den australischen Verteidigungexperten, gezeichnet die kostspielige Waffen wie Strahl Kämpfer sagen, Kriegsschiffe und Satelliten sind nicht die Weise, Terrorismus zu bekämpfen.

Die größten Arme Hersteller, Lockheed Martin in den US, Hersteller der Welt der Kämpferstrahlen einschließlich den Verbindung F-35 Schlag-Kämpfer, den Australien kauft, verkündeten letzte Woche, die er Trimesterprofite durch 22 Prozent auf $US11.1 Milliarde erhöht hatte ($12.1 Milliarde).

Northrop Grumman, maker of aircraft carriers, submarines and bombers, increased profits 62 per cent to $US489 million.

At General Dynamics, maker of the Abrams tank, which Australia has just bought, profits climbed 24 per cent to $US544 million.

Britain’s BAE said its profits were up 27 per cent to £657 million ($1.23 billion).

In Australia profits for the Government-owned naval ship and submarine builder ASC rose 60 per cent last year to $30 million. The company was set up to build the Collins class submarines and is involved in the $8 billion air warfare destroyer project.

Hugh White, professor of strategic studies at the Australian National University, said the big-ticket weapons were designed to contain China, not combat terrorism.

“They don’t admit to it. They sell it to the people as a response to terrorism, but that is not what they are doing,” Professor White said.

Professor White said Australia’s multibillion-dollar defence purchases such as the Abrams tanks, warships, and Globemaster transport planes would be part of any US military operation in the Middle East or against China.

Professor Kevin Clements, director of the Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Queensland, said the war on terrorism was a front to keep up arms spending to maintain the US’s ability to fight a wars on three fronts - Asia, the Middle East and Europe.

Comment on 'War Profiteering Hitting New Records' :

RSS TrackBack URL

Related News: