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1.: Jerusalem: Israel, NATO Conspire Against Iran From: Rick Rozoff

2.: Rockets Hit Afghan City Ahead Of NATO Commander, Karzai Visit From: Rick Rozoff

3.: United Kingdom: NATO To Hold Europe's Largest Military Exercise From: Rick Rozoff

4.: Afghan War: Canada Loses 142nd Soldier From: Rick Rozoff

5.: NATO PA Sub-Committee On Membership Arrives In Azerbaijan From: Rick Rozoff

6.: Pentagon Diverts Military Flights From Kyrgyzstan To Kuwait From: Rick Rozoff

7.: U.S. To Assist Ukrainian Air Force Achieve NATO Interoperability From: Rick Rozoff

8.: NATO Troops Fire On Bus, Kill 4, Injure 18 Afghans: Officials From: Rick Rozoff

9.: Russian President: Israeli Attack On Iran Could Spark Nuclear Confli From: Rick Rozoff

10.: New Kyrgyz Government To Re-Examine U.S. Military Base Deal From: Rick Rozoff

11.: Russian Military Commander: U.S., Israeli Attack On Iran Unacceptabl From: Rick Rozoff

12.: U.S. Missile Shield In Europe Can Trigger Arms Race: Russian Militar From: Rick Rozoff

13.: U.S. Secures Afghan War Transit Rights Over Kazakhstan From: Rick Rozoff

14.: Eleventh Anniversary Of NATO Train Slaughter In Serbia From: Rick Rozoff

15.: SIPRI: Britain's BAE World's Largest Death Merchant From: Rick Rozoff

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1.: Jerusalem: Israel, NATO Conspire Against Iran

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Sun Apr 11, 2010 7:18 am (PDT)

http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/About+the+Ministry/MFA+Spokesman/2010/Dep_FM_Ayalon_meets_NATO_official_11_Apr-2010.htm

Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
April 11, 2010

Dep. FM Ayalon meets with NATO official in Jerusalem
Dep. FM Ayalon to Amb. Šedivý: Iran's latest pronouncements should worry the entire world

Communicated by Deputy Foreign Minister's Bureau

Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon met this morning (11 April) at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem with Ambassador Jiřί Šedivý, NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning. Mr. Šedivý's visit is part of the process of upgrading relations between Israel and NATO....

Ayalon briefed his guest on security developments in the region, stressing relations with the Palestinians and the Iranian threat. "Iran's latest pronouncements should worry not only Israel but the entire world," Ayalon said.

Ayalon also emphasized the importance of upgrading Israel-NATO relations and noted, "Israel and NATO members share common interests and values and confront the same challenges and threats: first and foremost, the nuclearization of Iran and its long arm, reaching, through the terrorist organizations, into the Middle East."

Dep. FM Ayalon invited the NATO Secretary General and members of the NATO Council to visit Israel.
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2.: Rockets Hit Afghan City Ahead Of NATO Commander, Karzai Visit

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Sun Apr 11, 2010 7:40 am (PDT)

http://en.trend.az/regions/world/afghanistan/1667578.html

Trend News Agency
April 11, 2010

Rockets hit Afghan town during Karzai visit

-Karzai cancelled his planned visit to the German team because of security concerns and cut short his trip in the province.

At least two rockets landed in northern city of Kunduz on Sunday, hours before President Hamid Karzai and NATO Commander, US general Stanley McChrystal visited the region, officials said.

The rockets fell on agricultural land near the German-led Provincial Reconstruction Team in Kunduz city, the capital of the province of the same name, but caused no damage or casualties, Mohammad Omar, the provincial governor said, Deutsche Presse-Agentur reported.

A German military spokesman also confirmed that three rockets hit an area close to their base, but caused no injuries.

The rockets were fired hours before Karzai and McChrystal reached the most volatile province in the region, where they met hundreds of local elders on Sunday.

An official, who did not want to be named, said Karzai cancelled his planned visit to the German team because of security concerns and cut short his trip in the province.

Omar confirmed that the president cancelled two of his planned meetings and left for Kabul for "urgent matters". He said, however, that Karzai's abrupt return to the capital was not linked to the rocket attacks.
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3.: United Kingdom: NATO To Hold Europe's Largest Military Exercise

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Sun Apr 11, 2010 5:09 pm (PDT)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8612044.stm

BBC News
April 11, 2010

Nato forces gather for Exercise Joint Warrior

HMS Ark Royal will be among 21 warships on the exercise Army, navies and air forces from Nato countries have gathered in the UK for the start of Joint Warrior - Europe's largest military exercise.

UK-led and running until 23 April, it will see training in Scotland and in the sea off its coast.

Aircraft will be flying from RAF stations at Kinloss and Lossiemouth in Moray.

Training will also take place at Cape Wrath in Sutherland and around the Western Isles.

The exercise will involve 16 Air Assault Brigade and the Royal Navy's Carrier Strike Group headed by HMS Ark Royal.

Soldiers, sailors and air crews from 12 other countries, including the US, will also take part.

Bridge accident

Twenty-one surface ships, five submarines and 50 aircraft will be deployed around Scotland and the rest of the UK during Joint Warrior.

The exercise is held twice a year - in spring and autumn.

Last year's second Joint Warrior saw two gunners escape with minor injuries after their vehicle toppled off a bridge and fell 30ft into a river.

The members of 29 Commando, Royal Artillery, were travelling in a Drops transporter to Cape Wrath.

Their vehicle came off the A838 Lairg-Durness Road at Laxford Bridge.

The Army said the pair had cuts and bruises. The transporter was carrying a digger.

Major structural damage was caused to the bridge and it had to be closed for repairs.
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4.: Afghan War: Canada Loses 142nd Soldier

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Sun Apr 11, 2010 5:14 pm (PDT)

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hRuF_3g0v2Xnj_0ytw6GKtWbEg4g

Agence France-Presse
April 11, 2010

Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan

MONTREAL: A Canadian soldier was killed Sunday after stepping on an improvised explosive device during a foot patrol near Kandahar City in Afghanistan, the Canadian military said.

The soldier was identified as 26-year-old Private Tyler William Todd, originally from Kitchener, Ontario. He was serving the 1st battalion Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry, based in Edmonton, the Department of National Defence said.

The explosion, which injured another Canadian soldier, occurred near the village of Belanday, in the district of Dand, about eight kilometres (five miles) from Kandahar City.
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The death brings to 142 the number of Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan since 2002.
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Canada currently has 2,830 troops in Afghanistan, mostly fighting insurgents in the volatile Kandahar province as part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).

They are due to leave in 2011, but Washington has reportedly pressed Ottawa to keep up to 600 troops in the war-torn nation beyond next year, as US forces ramp up their offensive in Afghanistan.

Last week, Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay announced 90 more troops would be sent to Afghanistan, primarily to support the training of Afghan National Security Forces.
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5.: NATO PA Sub-Committee On Membership Arrives In Azerbaijan

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Sun Apr 11, 2010 5:30 pm (PDT)

http://en.trend.az/news/politics/foreign/1667601.html

Trend News Agency
April 11, 2010

NATO Parliamentary Assembly delegation starts visit to Azerbaijan
A. Huseynbala

-Since 1999, Azerbaijani troops have being providing support to peacekeeping operations of NATO in Kosovo, and since 2002 in Afghanistan.

Azerbaijan, Baku: A delegation of the Sub-Committee on NATO Partnership of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly political committee arrived on Sunday in Azerbaijan.

The main purpose of the Alliance delegation's visit to the country is to discuss the current relations between Azerbaijan and NATO, the Azerbaijani parliament told Trend on Sunday.

The delegation's meetings in Parliament and other public bodies are scheduled.

NATO's cooperation with the South Caucasus states - Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia - is mainly carried out within the Partnership for Peace Program, Individual Partnership Action Plans and the Planning and Review Process. "These documents define the objectives and intentions of the partner countries to hold consultations with NATO on reforms in the spheres of defense, security and military policy.

In addition to supporting the reforms, an important goal of cooperation between NATO and Azerbaijan is to develop interaction of the country's Armed Forces with the forces of NATO countries in peacekeeping operations.

Since 1999, Azerbaijani troops have being providing support to peacekeeping operations of NATO in Kosovo, and since 2002 in Afghanistan.
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6.: Pentagon Diverts Military Flights From Kyrgyzstan To Kuwait

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Sun Apr 11, 2010 5:52 pm (PDT)

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/04/ap_manas_kyrgyzstan_041010/

Associated Press
April 11, 2010

Flights diverted from Manas amid turmoil
By Peter Leonard

JALAL-ABAD, Kyrgyzstan: U.S. personnel flights in and out of Afghanistan are being diverted from a key air base in Kyrgyzstan to Kuwait, while resupply flights out of the central Asian base are taking place only on a "case-by-case" basis, a U.S. military official said Saturday.

Normal flight operations out of Manas air base, a key transit point for the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan, had resumed Friday afternoon following a 12-hour shutdown imposed by Kyrgyz authorities that ended Thursday night in Kyrgyzstan, said the official, who spoke on background because he wasn't authorized to discuss the situation.

The subsequent decision to divert personnel flights was "security-related" and made by the U.S. base leadership at Manas, the official said. The precise basis of the security concerns, however, remains unclear. The base, which the U.S. shares with civilian airlines, is about 20 miles from the downtown Bishkek area where the past week's opposition uprising was centered.

Resupply flights out of Manas have been made only on a case-by-case basis since the shutdown ended Thursday. The U.S. official did not know what factors enter into allowing each flight.

The delays have not caused a freeze in troop rotations in and out of Afghanistan, the official said. But about 1,300 in- and outbound U.S. troops remain in limbo at Manas while awaiting the resumption of normal flights, which will be a "conditions-based" call by U.S. base officials.
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Russia, which also maintains a military base in Kyrgyzstan, had pushed Bakiyev's government to evict the U.S. military. But after announcing that American forces would have to leave the Manas base, Kyrgyzstan agreed to allow them to stay after the U.S. raised the annual rent to about $63 million from $17 million.

The status of the base has been a significant strategic question since the uprising Wednesday.
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Staff writer William H. McMichael and Associated Press Writers Yuras Karmanau in Bishkek and Jim Heintz in Moscow contributed to this report.
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7.: U.S. To Assist Ukrainian Air Force Achieve NATO Interoperability

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Sun Apr 11, 2010 5:57 pm (PDT)

http://www.interfax.com.ua/eng/main/36119/

Interfax-Ukraine
April 9, 2010

Ukraine, US discuss technical assistance of US government to Ukrainian Armed Forces

Ukrainian and U.S. experts have discussed the possibility of the U.S. government's providing technical assistance to the Ukrainian Air Forces.

A meeting of representatives of the Ukrainian Air Force Command with those of the Office of Defense Cooperation at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine took place on April 9, the press service of the Defense Ministry reported on Friday.

The main purpose of the meeting was to work out joint proposals concerning the main areas and mechanisms for attracting international technical assistance for the Ukrainian Air Force from the U.S. government in 2010 and 2011.

During the meeting, the head of the department of the Ukrainian Air Forces Command for the international military cooperation, Oleksandr Bubnovsky, said that unlike the country's naval and land forces, the air force had not yet received any assistance.

Listing the main areas that are in need of international technical assistance, Bubnovsky mentioned the establishment of a simulation modelling center, the improvement of aerodromes' infrastructure in line with international standards, and equipping military transport aircraft, and eventually combat aircraft, with aircraft recognition and navigation equipment in line with NATO requirements.
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8.: NATO Troops Fire On Bus, Kill 4, Injure 18 Afghans: Officials

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Mon Apr 12, 2010 5:24 am (PDT)

http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Afghan-Officials-NATO-Troops-Kill-4-on-Bus-90599479.html

Voice of America News
April 12, 2010

Afghan Officials: NATO Troops Kill 4 on Bus

Afghan officials say NATO troops opened fire on a bus in southern Afghanistan Monday, killing at least four people and wounding 18 others.

A spokesman for Kandahar province says the shooting happened Monday morning as the bus was heading from Kandahar to the western city of Herat. A woman and a child were among the four killed.

NATO soldiers took 12 of the wounded to a military hospital.

NATO says it is investigating the incident
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9.: Russian President: Israeli Attack On Iran Could Spark Nuclear Confli

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Mon Apr 12, 2010 5:35 am (PDT)

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20100412/158540307.html

Russian Information Agency Novosti
April 12, 2010

Israeli attack on Iran might lead to nuclear conflict - Medvedev

MOSCOW: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has warned Israel against a military attack on Iran, saying it might lead to nuclear war and global disaster.

The United States and Israel have refused to rule out military action against Iran if diplomacy fails to resolve the dispute over Tehran's nuclear program.

In an interview with the ABC News, the Russian leader said an attack on Iran would be "the worst possible scenario" in the Middle East, because "everyone is so close over there that nobody would be unaffected."

"And if conflict of that kind happens, and a strike is performed, then you can expect anything, including use of nuclear weapons. And nuclear strikes in the Middle East, this means a global catastrophe. Many deaths," Medvedev said.

He added that he was uncertain on whether Israel would decide to carry out an airstrike against Iran.

"The Israelis are directing their own policy. I do have a good relationship with the president and prime minister of Israel. But those are independent people. And I would say that on many questions they are defending stubborn positions. Very tough," he said.

"The US has seen the proof of that lately," he added, in a reference to the issue of the Israeli settlement construction in East Jerusalem,

Hopes for a solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict were dealt a serious blow by Israel's recent decision to build 1,600 houses for Jewish families in East Jerusalem, considered occupied territory under international law. East Jerusalem is also claimed by the Palestinians as the capital of their future state.
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10.: New Kyrgyz Government To Re-Examine U.S. Military Base Deal

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Mon Apr 12, 2010 5:38 am (PDT)

http://en.rian.ru/world/20100412/158539349.html

Russian Information Agency Novosti
April 12, 2010

New Kyrgyz government to re-examine U.S. military base deal

-"[W]e will investigate whether several agreements were concluded against the interests of the people or for bribes."

Bishkek: Kyrgyzstan's interim government will take a close look at the agreement under which the Central Asian country hosts a U.S. transit center serving Afghanistan, a first deputy prime minister said on Monday.

"We are a civilized country and we will fulfill our international obligations, but we will investigate whether several agreements were concluded against the interests of the people or for bribes," Almazbek Atambayev said at a news conference.

The military base on the territory of Bishkek's Manas airport was built in 2001 as a part of U.S.led international military operations in nearby Afghanistan. In early 2009, the Kyrgyz government announced that all U.S. troops would have to leave the country, but later agreed a deal with the Pentagon on improved terms under which the facility was turned into a transit center.

"We are interested in common action for stability and security in the world, but it seems the United States plans to withdraw troops from Afghanistan next year. We will approach the transit center issue in a civilized way and resolve it with the U.S. leadership," Atambayev said.

The Kyrgyz opposition took power in the former Soviet country last week after anti-government protests in several cities turned violent, particularly in the capital, Bishkek.

Moscow has been broadly supportive of the new government, and Atambayev was in the Russian capital for talks over the weekend. He said on his return that the interim government expected to receive Russian aid of more than $150 million.

Ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev struck a deal in February 2009 to write off Kyrgyzstan's $180 million debt to Moscow, and the promise of a $2 billion discounted loan and $150 million in financial aid, shortly before the closure of the U.S. base was announced.

Both Kyrgyzstan and Russia said at the time that the financial aid and the base closure were unrelated.
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11.: Russian Military Commander: U.S., Israeli Attack On Iran Unacceptabl

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Mon Apr 12, 2010 5:40 am (PDT)

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20100412/158538895.html

Russian Information Agency Novosti
April 12, 2010

U.S., Israeli attack on Iran would be 'unacceptable' - Russia military

Moscow: Any airstrike against Iran by the United States or Israel would be "unacceptable," the chief of the Russian General Staff Nikolai Makarov said on Monday.

"This is a last resort that exists in the plans of both the United States and Israel," Nikolai Makarov said.

Western powers suspect that Iran's nuclear program is aimed at making weapons, while Tehran claims it is pursuing nuclear technology for its civilian energy needs.

Makarov said that the Iranian leadership should also take into account that "the whole world is concerned about the [nuclear] problem."

"We should hear Iran and Iran should hear us and the global community, and undertake measures," Makarov added.

He also said that other states are likely to follow suit if Iran develops nuclear weapons.

"If Iran gets nuclear weapons, it might become an impetus for other states, and lead to further expansion of the nuclear club," he said, adding the Russian military department was against such a scenario.

He added that Russia's decision on whether to deliver S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to Iran should be made by the country's leaders.

"This decision should be made at state level. We, the military, will follow the leadership's commands," Makarov said.

Russia signed a contract with Iran on the supply of at least five S-300 air defense systems to Tehran in December 2005. However, Moscow has not so far honored the contract, which many experts say is due to pressure from Washington and Tel Aviv.

Both the United States and Israel have not ruled out military action if diplomacy fails to resolve the dispute over Iran's nuclear program and have expressed concern over S-300 deliveries, which would significantly strengthen Iran's air defenses.
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12.: U.S. Missile Shield In Europe Can Trigger Arms Race: Russian Militar

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Mon Apr 12, 2010 5:43 am (PDT)

http://english.ruvr.ru/2010/04/12/6318456.html

Voice of Russia
April 12, 2010

US AMBs in Europe could trigger arms race - Russian military

The Russian military warns that American ABMs in Europe could trigger another spiral of the costly arms race, which would probably also involve countries other than the United States and Russia and prompt some of them to backtrack from their obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Appearing before the media in Moscow Monday, Chief of Staff General Nikolai Makarov also said such deployments would destroy mutual confidence and force Russia to consider a strategic response to them.

On insistence by Russia, the new Russian-American arms reduction deal signed at the Prague summit last Thursday contains provisions that explicitly link ABMs to strategic arsenals. The new START treaty itself limits the nuclear warheads to 1,550, and the strategic delivery vehicles, to 700 on each side.
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13.: U.S. Secures Afghan War Transit Rights Over Kazakhstan

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Mon Apr 12, 2010 6:11 am (PDT)

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-04/12/c_13247405.htm

Xinhua News Agency
April 12, 2010

Kazakhstan to allow U.S. troops flying to Afghanistan over its territory

WASHINGTON: Kazakhstan has agreed that U.S. planes can fly over its territory on their way to Afghanistan, a U.S. official said Sunday after a meeting between visiting President Nursultan Nazarbayev and his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama.

"This will save money, it will save time, in terms of moving our troops and the supplies needed into the theater," said Mike McFaul, a security advisor to Obama who briefed reporters after their meeting.

Nazarbayev is here for a nuclear security summit to be opened on Monday.

The United States suspended all flying to Afghanistan via the Manas base in Kyrgyzstan as security concerns persisted after a nation wide protest forcing President Kurmanbek Bakiyev fleeing the capital city to the south.
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14.: Eleventh Anniversary Of NATO Train Slaughter In Serbia

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Mon Apr 12, 2010 6:13 am (PDT)

http://www.b92.net/eng/news/society-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=04&dd=12&nav_id=66418

Tanjug News Agency
April 12, 2010

11 years since NATO attack on train

GRDELICA: Monday marks eleven years since the Grdelički Bridge, which had a passenger train on it at the time, was bombed by NATO in 1999.

The international train was hit with four missiles as it was traveling from Belgrade to Thessaloniki, Greece, and the exact number of victims was never determined.

Authorities said that more than 30 people perished, while scores of others were injured. NATO at the time said their deaths were "collateral damage".

Wreaths will be placed at the monument built to honor the victims of train 393, who were killed on April 12, 1999.

Family members of the victims, Serbian Railway officials, as well as those from the nearby town of Leskovac, and various party and union representatives will attend the ceremony today, it was announced.
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15.: SIPRI: Britain's BAE World's Largest Death Merchant

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http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=4578461&c=EUR&s=TOP

Agence France-Presse
April 12, 2010

SIPRI Rankings Say BAE World's Biggest Weapons Firm

-In 2008, the 100 biggest defense groups had arms sales of $385 billion, up 11 percent from the previous year, according to SIPRI.
"This is more than three times the size of the total development aid of OECD countries in 2008," SIPRI said, noting that such aid reached $120 billion.
Putting the data in perspective, SIPRI said that arms sales of Lockheed Martin alone topped U.S. development aid by $4 billion, and that BAE Systems' sales were greater than the gross domestic product of 105 countries.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Britain's BAE Systems topped an international ranking of the world's biggest arms groups, becoming the first non-American company to hold the spot, a leading defense think tank said April 12.

The British group knocked defense giant Boeing out of the top position in 2008, according to the ranking of biggest defense groups worldwide tallied by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

"The main reason that BAE became the largest arms-producing company in the world in 2008 is the increase in its U.S. sales, which outpaced decreases elsewhere, including in the U.K.," the think tank said in the study.

With arms sales in 2008 of $29.2 billion (21.6 billion euros), Boeing fell from first place in 2007 to third, following BAE Systems ($32.4 billion) and Lockheed Martin ($29.4 billion).

It was followed by three U.S. firms - Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics and Raytheon. Others in the top 10 included EADS (7th place), Italian firm Finmeccanica (8th), L-3 Communications (9th) and France's Thales (10th).

The biggest Russian group on the list, air defense systems maker Almaz-Antei, was 18th on the list.

In 2008, the 100 biggest defense groups had arms sales of $385 billion, up 11 percent from the previous year, according to SIPRI.

"This is more than three times the size of the total development aid of OECD countries in 2008," SIPRI said, noting that such aid reached $120 billion.

Putting the data in perspective, SIPRI said that arms sales of Lockheed Martin alone topped U.S. development aid by $4 billion, and that BAE Systems' sales were greater than the gross domestic product of 105 countries.

SIPRI's rankings focus on companies' arms sales, which make up only 48 percent of Boeing's turnover and 70 percent of Lockheed Martin's revenues. In BAE's case, arms sales make up a far larger share of its sales, with 95 percent of the total.

Born out of the merger of Marconi and British Aerospace in 1999, BAE Systems counts among its products the Eurofighter combat aircraft, the Bradley tank and the Astute submarine.

With 59 percent of BAE Systems' sales coming from the U.S. arms market, the group has major production operations in the country as well as in Britain, Sweden, South Africa and Sweden.

"BAE really shows the increasing internationalization of the arms industry and the attractiveness of the U.S. market," SIPRI arms industry expert Susan Jackson said.

The group has benefitted from sales of mine-resistant, ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicles to the U.S. government for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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