The Canadian manufacture of the guidance system for the US cruise missile became a rallying cry for peace activists during the early 1980s. Eventually the Cdn company stopped the manufacture due to protests. Nowadays there is silence about the escalating Canadian military manufacture: This article documents the expansion and Harpers pro-Israeli position that sanctions bombing thousands and killing over 150 Palestinian civilians today: Engines for the Bell “cobra” helicopter, nicknamed the “viper” on the Israeli Airforce website, are produced in the Montréal region by Pratt & Whitney Canada. Also the the Israeli military uses helicopters produced in Mirabel, Quebec by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada, a company also represented on the recent Conservative governmental delegation to Israel. Also CAE, a corporation in Montreal that specializes in flight simulator and “real-time operation systems”, has secured major contracts to develop technology for the Israeli army, aiming to train military personnel to operate next-generation combat aircraft.” As bombs fall from the skies over Gaza, let us think about the aircraft training technologies for Israeli military pilots manufactured here in Montreal by CAE. Beyond Israel, other contracts linked to CAE include the production of drone operating system simulator for the US military, signed within recent years within the context of the Obama administration’s unilateral drone wars that clearly fall outside of international law. Also Alphacasting Inc. based in Ville St. Laurent, that manufactures “precision castings for military aircraft, night vision systems, radars, rifles, tanks, missiles, scopes and unmanned aerial vehicles,” according to their own website, also highlighted by the Coalition Against Arms Trades, directly exports to Israel. All the above companies mentioned are closely associated with the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI), a major organization in Canada representing military oriented manufacturing that sustains strong ties with the Israeli apartheid state.
Posted on: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 15:22:16 +0000
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