Frank Slijper
@frankslijper.bsky.social
All things arms trade and export control; military AI and autonomous weapons; war and diplomacy — slijper@paxforpeace.nl 🍉
Scary: US and UAE establish task force aimed at boosting the development of common military artificial intelligence applications. www.militarytimes.com/industry/tec...
US Central Command, UAE to launch artificial intelligence task force
CENTCOM and the UAE will establish Task Force Talon Synapse aimed at boosting the development of military artificial intelligence applications.
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Boeing 727s linked to U.S. military contractor Steven Shaulis' business network, transported mercenaries, weapons and drones for Sudan's Rapid Support Forces, according to draft U.N. report due to be published in September www.reuters.com/world/americ...
EXCLUSIVE: Boeings identified in Reuters report carried weapons for Sudanese paramilitary, UN experts find
United Nations experts have found that Boeing 727s linked by Reuters to a U.S. military contractor's business network transported mercenaries, weapons and drones for Sudan's Rapid Support Forces, acco...
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Evidence of Ukraine using Ruta cruise missiles emerges, made by Netherlands-based Destinus, founded by Russian exile Mikhail Kokorichand. Low-cost missile underscores Ukraine’s accelerating shift toward increasingly capable, mass-produced, long-range strike capabilities. www.twz.com/news-feature...
Evidence Of Ukraine Using Dutch Ruta Block 1 Cruise Missiles Emerges
The combat debut of the low-cost missile underscores Ukraine’s accelerating shift toward increasingly capable, mass-produced, long-range strike capabilities. The apparent combat debut of the low-cost ...
twz.com
EVENT 8/19: The Trump admin's lethal, illegal boat strikes began 11 months ago yesterday. 63 attacks, 221 dead so far. RSVP to join us for a virtual panel about how we got here, the deterrence failure, who the victims are, and what needs to happen next.
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Mexico Favors Israel for Weapons Imports The government’s deepening commercial ties to Israel are emblematic of its contradictory approach to Palestinian solidarity. nacla.org/mexico-favor...
Mexico Favors Israel for Weapons Imports
The government’s deepening commercial ties to Israel are emblematic of its contradictory approach to Palestinian solidarity.
nacla.org
India: Continuing weapons exports to Israel risk complicity in ongoing genocide in Gaza – new @amnesty.org investigation At least 2,596 shipments of Indian weapons to Israel since 7 October 2023 www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
India: Continuing weapons exports to Israel could risk complicity in ongoing genocide in Gaza – new investigation
India continued to supply arms to Israel despite the substantial risk they could be used in its ongoing genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, Amnesty International said in a new re...
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"The RSF utilized the N'Djamena-Nyala air corridor to transport fighters, foreign mercenaries, and military equipment, including drones and weapons, into Darfur," finds UN report, with US, Emirati, and South African companies implicated
Reuters@reuters.com · last wk.EXCLUSIVE: Boeings identified in Reuters report carried weapons for Sudanese paramilitary, UN experts find reut.rs/4g1tPNO
US will lift sanctions on Turkey, possibly sell F-35 fighter jets, Trump says www.defensenews.com/global/europ...
US will lift sanctions on Turkey, possibly sell F-35 fighter jets, Trump says
The sanctions were imposed in 2020 over the country's purchase of Russian defense missiles.
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This picture will definitely bring the brightest software minds to the DoW: Pentagon launches ‘War Force’ campaign in push for software engineers www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...
Pentagon launches ‘War Force’ campaign in push for software engineers
The Defense Department describes it as part of an overall strategy to automate and improve government technology.
militarytimes.com
Excellent work by @somoamsterdam.bsky.social: ‘The Netherlands-Israel Investment Files’ series explores how the Netherlands became Israel’s investment clearing house. -> File 2: Indefensible: Dutch support to Israeli arms manufacturers www.somo.nl/indefensible...
Indefensible: Dutch support to Israeli arms manufacturers - SOMO
Two of Israel’s largest weapons manufacturers are using the Netherlands as their base to invest in Europe. Read more.
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Meanwhile, in the US. It just takes your breath away. *50 years* in prison for protesting. Don't imagine for one moment that we are immune to this. Already, the legislative framework is in place in the UK to enable such convictions - before we get a Trumplike PM. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Alarm over ‘extreme’ sentences for anti-ICE protesters convicted of terrorism
First amendment groups call 50-to-100-year prison terms chilling as legal experts say sentences unusually long
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Israel sells Spyder air defense systems to Romania for $2.3 billion www.defensenews.com/global/midea...
Israel sells Spyder air defense systems to Romania for $2.3 billion
According to manufacturer Rafael, it's the largest contract in its history.
defensenews.com
In another example of self-enrichment, Trump and Lutnick enable Kazakhstan billion $ tungsten mining deal for their sons. US desperately needs tungsten for production of missile warheads, fighter jets, computer chips www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/w... (gift article)
Trump Cut a Billion-Dollar Mining Deal. His Sons Stand to Profit.
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Germany scraps F126 frigate program, pivots to MEKO warships amid cost and contractor chaos. Decision follows delays and cost overruns under Dutch shipbuilder Damen, which was awarded original contract in 2020 to build six 10,550-ton frigates for ± €10 billion. www.defensenews.com/global/europ...
Germany scraps F126 frigate program, pivots to MEKO warships amid cost and contractor chaos
Germany Navy leaders have already blessed the fallback ships as capable of meeting NATO capability requirements, but an alliance deadline looms.
defensenews.com
His name was Jad Jadallah. He was 14 years old. Israeli soldiers shot him and then stood around him for 45 minutes while he bled to death, refusing to help him & preventing any help from getting to him.
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After fiasco started at NL shipbuilder Damen, now Rheinmetall sinks as Germany axes mega-warship project after spending €2.3bn www.euronews.com/business/202...
€2bn wasted? Germany scraps world’s largest frigate project
Rheinmetall shares fell sharply after Berlin scrapped its F126 frigate programme, a project that has already cost taxpayers around €2.3bn.
euronews.com
UN report accuses Israeli security forces of continued abuse and deliberate killings of Palestinian children 8 months after 'truce' in the Gaza Strip. gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/w...
U.N. Report Says Israeli Killings of Gaza Children Post-Truce Amount to Genocide
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Dr Abu Safiya sacrificed everything to save lives in #Gaza. Israel is holding him without charges and reportedly torturing him. Doctors around the world demand the freedom of him and ±90 other Gaza medics. Sign and share now to get them back home to their families secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
Free Dr Abu Safiya
Israel has Gaza’s top paediatrician and around 90 other Palestinian medics in military prisons. Join the global call for their freedom!
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What’s driving the militarisation of tech – and what we can do about it 👉 Our deep dive into how military surveillance tech is being used to monitor migrants, activists and more, who's doing it - and how we can push back. corporatewatch.org/whats-drivin... @privacyinternational.org
What’s driving the militarisation of tech – and what we can do about it - Corporate Watch
Military expenditure globally has soared over the past decade. Not only that, but the reach of military tech is expanding, with the lines between instruments of war and peace becoming increasingly haz...
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‘His only crime is that he is a Palestinian doctor’ Fourteen Gazan physicians remain in Israeli prisons without charge, where they say they have been singled out for particularly severe abuse www.972mag.com/gaza-doctors...
'His only crime is that he is a Palestinian doctor'
Fourteen Gazan physicians remain in Israeli prisons without charge, where they say they have been singled out for particularly severe abuse.
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French company ChapsVision selected to replace Palantir for a contract with domestic security agency DGSI). Since the November 2015 terrorist attacks in France, Palantir has provided its data analysis software to the DGSI. www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/a...
Palantir objects to France ending domestic security contract: 'You can't do this on Instagram. This is a very serious matter.'
Members of Palantir's leadership told Le Monde that they are disappointed by French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu's announcement that the company's contract with France's domestic security agency w...
lemonde.fr
Europa wil strengere grenscontroles invoeren en zoekt al jaren naar manieren om reizigers grondiger te screenen. Met AI als nieuw wondermiddel proberen onderzoekers eerder te bepalen wie met slechte intenties de Europese grens wil oversteken. En de mensenrechten dan? buff.ly/qebGrFS
Dit is ongelooflijk. Twintig jaar oorlog voeren tegen die gasten om vervolgens zaken met ze te doen, want het enige wat erger is dan de Taliban is een Afghaanse asielzoeker.
Trouw@trouw.nl · 2mo agoEU zet omstreden Taliban-bezoek aan Brussel door
As Europe rearms, ‘wingman’ aircraft take center stage www.defensenews.com/unmanned/202...
As Europe rearms, ‘wingman’ aircraft take center stage
European and U.S. defense forces are rapidly developing their own AI-powered drones to complement their fighter jets and carry extra battlefield tech.
defensenews.com
OpenAI’s ChatGPT to debut on GenAI.mil in ‘early July’ www.nextgov.com/defense/2026...
RTÉ News: Criticism mounts as Israel extends detention of Gaza doctor www.rte.ie/news/2026/06...
Criticism as Israel extends detention of Gaza doctor
A decision by Israel's top court to deny the release of a prominent Gaza doctor has been condemned as a "profound moral and legal failure".
rte.ie
New report by @privacyinternational.org & @paxforpeace.nl out today: 'When algorithms go to war Tech giants, the arms industry and the weaponisation of AI paxforpeace.nl/publications...
When algorithms go to war - PAX
Tech giants, the arms industry and the weaponisation of AI
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