{"id":43989,"date":"2023-09-17T07:27:32","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T15:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=43989"},"modified":"2023-09-17T07:27:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T15:27:32","slug":"war-is-good-for-business-declares-executive-at-londons-global-arms-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/17\/war-is-good-for-business-declares-executive-at-londons-global-arms-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"‘War Is Good for Business,’ Declares Executive at London’s Global Arms Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Military-industrial complex players big and small gathered in London this week, hawking everything<\/a> from long-range missiles to gold-plated pistols to arms fair attendees\u2014including representatives of horrific human rights violators\u2014as weapon-makers and other merchants of the machinery of death reap record profits.<\/p>\n

“War is good for business,” one defense executive attending the biennial Defense and Security Equipment International (DSEI) conference at ExCel London flat-out told<\/a> Reuters<\/em>. “We are extremely busy,” Michael Elmore, head of sales at the U.K.-based armored steelmaker MTL Advanced, told the media agency.<\/p>\n

Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine and the West’s scramble to arm Ukrainian homeland defenders have been a bonanza<\/a> for arms-makers.<\/p>\n

“Ukraine is a very interesting combination of First and Second World War technologies and very modern technology,” Kuldar Vaarsi, CEO of the Estonian unmanned ground vehicle firm MILREM, told Reuters<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Shiny missiles for the shiny promise of world peace. #DSEI23<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/czUXg3Al9o<\/a><\/p>\n

— Dr Iain Overton (@iainoverton) September 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n