UK close to giving Israel's Elbit £2bn contract to train British soldiers (www.middleeasteye.net)

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The UK is reportedly poised to sign a £2bn ($2.69bn) contract with Israel's largest arms manufacturer that would see it train 60,000 British soldiers a year.

Elbit Systems provides around 85 percent of Israel’s drones and land-based military equipment, and has played a major role in supplying Israel with weaponry for its genocide in Gaza.

Private Eye reported this week that the company's British arm, Elbit Systems UK, is close to winning a major contract that would make it a "strategic partner" of Britain's Ministry of Defence (MoD).

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[-] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 18 hours ago

Maybe they need to acquire special expertise in killing and maiming civilians?

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

how many more fucking seats does starmer need to grow a fucking spine? He has a 73 seat majority, 398 fucking seats. does it have to pass the 100 mark? or does he need all 650 seats before he does anything worthwhile?

[-] Denjin@feddit.uk 10 points 2 days ago

Sorry, am I missing something? Don't the Army train their soldiers themselves? They're literally training Ukrainian recruits and special forces and have a proven track record in training other forces so why do we now suddenly have to rely on 3rd party contractors to do it?

[-] Mirror Giraffe@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago

Maybe it's related to practical use of tech like drones and such that they might've expertise in since they actively monger war with their neighbours and have fresh experience with using advanced weapons to commit war crimes?

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

Europe loves Israel for its "battle tested" tech in the Palestinian concentration camp.

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago

I think Ukraine would be best to give that kind of training and they'd appreciate the money too.

[-] FarrellPerks@feddit.uk 1 points 2 days ago

Love that for us...

I suppose they've had the chance to test a lot during their genocide in Palestine.

Can't help but wonder why we aren't looking towards someone like Ukraine or Independent UK contractors.

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