European missile group MBDA selling parts for bombs that have killed children in Gaza | The Guardian (2025-07-17)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/17/european-missile-group-mbda-selling-parts-for-bombs-that-have-killed-children-in-gaza
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>> ... a Guardian investigation with the independent newsrooms Disclose and Follow the Money has examined the supply chain behind the GBU-39 bomb, and the ways in which it has been deployed during the conflict.
>> Revenues from the US company #MBDA Incorporated flow through MBDA UK, based in Hertfordshire, England, which then passes any profits to MBDA group, headquartered in France. MBDA distributed almost £350m in dividends last year to its three shareholders – Britain’s biggest defence firm BAE Systems, France’s #Airbus and Italy’s #Leonardo.
>> Campaigners said the case illustrates the limits of the UK’s move to pause some arms shipments to Israel...
#EconomyOfGenocide #BAESystems #UKPol #StopArmingIsrael @palestine@a.gup.pe
