Arms trade, a global watch

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?No war without weapons, and no weapons without "death traders"'. This job is indeed a golden one. We have to simply glance at the moving maps of geopolitics to figure out the whole issue. Globalization proves that this peculiar trader is rational: Due to the fall of the Berlin Wall, the explosion of the Eastern Block, African, Afghan, Iraqi chaos, the arms dealer felt at home worldwide. The purpose of this job is to organize flows. An arms dealer has to know the best sellers: those who slash prices and provide reliable weaponry which is simple enough to be used easily. Such armaments are found in countries that are invested in mass production, or have giant stocks coming from their faded armies; mainly satellites of the former Soviet block. Huge masses of armaments have been subjected to actual "takeover bids" in the arsenals of the Red Army, declining since the withdrawal of the troops from Afghanistan and the end of the Cold War.

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[...] To bring there the heavy weaponry, it's another problem! For planes and ships, avoiding human patrols, radars and satellite detection requires cunning! The NATO force demonstration in 1992 was carried out in order to limit the conflict, by watching out closely the coasts and the land boundaries. Thus, the French Foch and the American Enterprise are cruising permanently. During this observation ships were checked in this area, until the final Dayton agreement. In order to reach the unloading point, you have to show your credentials and, if it is possible, the content of the delivery. [...]

[...] What is the purpose of this job? To organize flows. He has to know the best sellers, those who slash prices and provide reliable weaponry and sufficiently rustic to be used easily. Those armaments are found in the countries that have invested in mass production, or have giant stocks coming from their faded armies mainly satellites of the former Soviet block. Huge masses of armaments have been subjected to actual “takeover bids” in the arsenals of the Red Army, declining since the withdrawal of the troops from Afghanistan and the end of the Cold War. [...]

[...] is close to the powerful arms lobby and declines any talks: he doesn't want the US rifles to be trailed in trouble zone and their entailment in major conflicts to be proved. Another worrying topic: what should be done with equipments able to be used either by civilians or by militaries? During the Iran-Iraq war, an honourable American trader exported towards miscellaneous airports of the region industrial quantities of outboard motors. Several air companies, among them French ones, were in charge of the carriage. A priori, all was clear. [...]

[...] It is a private game preserve where the DGSE gets often involved, via the famous Service Action, in charge of secret operations led by underground forces. Everlasting and indestructible links between French government and African presidents-dictators may explain this state of fact When it doesn't further the governmental interests by delivering military gears in trouble zones, the DGSE watches closely the issues of proliferation, technologies transfer and arms traffic. Thus, a “gallery” of all the well-known gunrunners was set up. Over 200 names, with pictures, make it up. [...]

[...] Arms trade, a global watch Internet opens wide horizons, isn't it? Just head to www.adcon.co.il the website of one famous Israeli arms corporation. One click on the page “Offer of the month” puts forward nice Russian surface-to-air missiles (SAM). There is no mention of the price, but there are many ways to contact and to start talks with the firm Arms trade Directed by Andrew Niccol, Lord of War is a 2005 movie; It starts with Yuri Orlov (Nicolas Cage) matter-of-factly stating, "There are over 550 million firearms in worldwide circulation. [...]