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02.10.25 - 14:15
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Boeing Gets Contract To Replace Bunker Busting Bombs The US Dropped On Iran (ZeroHedge)
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Boeing Gets Contract To Replace Bunker Busting Bombs The US Dropped On Iran
Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com,
Boeing is set to receive a contract worth up to $123 million to replace the massive 30,000-pound bunker-busting bombs that the US dropped on Iranian nuclear facilities in June as part of the 12-day US-Israeli war against Iran, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.
On June 22, US B-2 Spirit bombers dropped 14 GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bombs on Iran's Fordow and Natanz nuclear sites, marking the first time the weapon was used in combat. A US submarine also fired Tomahawk missiles in strikes on an Iranian nuclear facility in Isfahan.
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The attack, dubbed "Operation Midnight Hammer," was launched on behalf of Israel. The Bloomberg report said that a Pentagon budget document from August says that funds are being shifted from operations and maintenance accounts to Air Force munitions procurement as "funds are required to replace GBU-57 munitions e...
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02.10.25 - 12:12
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Netherlands′ Top Pension Fund Dumps Caterpillar Over Gaza Demolitions (ZeroHedge)
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Netherlands' Top Pension Fund Dumps Caterpillar Over Gaza Demolitions
Via The Cradle
The Netherlands' largest pension fund, ABP, announced Wednesday that it had divested from US manufacturer Caterpillar, citing concerns over the use of its equipment by Israeli forces in Gaza.
ABP, which manages investments on behalf of three million government and education employees, confirmed it had sold its stake worth around $454 million as of late March.
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"Our investment approach must ensure good returns while being socially responsible," the fund said in a statement to AFP. It added that when companies fail to meet its standards, discussions are held, but “if these do not lead to the desired results, ABP will stop investing in these companies.”
While declining to disclose decisions about individual firms, ABP acknowledged that "the composition of our investment portfolio is evolving, particularly in Israel–Gaza." AFP said Caterpillar had been contacted for comm...
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26.09.25 - 15:15
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Turkish Airlines bestellt 225 Boeing-Flugzeuge (Handelszeitung)
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Turkish Airlines hat die feste Bestellung von 225 Flugzeugen beim US-Hersteller Boeing bekanntgegeben. Laut der Fluggesellschaft betreffen die Aufträge 150 Maschinen, die zwischen 2029 und 2034 ausgeliefert werden sollten, sowie 75 weitere als Option....
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