{"id":22662,"date":"2023-02-26T21:32:30","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T21:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=22662"},"modified":"2023-02-27T03:07:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T03:07:40","slug":"war-bucks-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=22662","title":{"rendered":"War Bucks Update&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"609\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Warbucks-installation.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Warbucks-installation.jpg 609w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Warbucks-installation-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong> Museum homage to arms dealer&#8217;s contribution to keeping the economy humming with public dollars<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> MARCH 23\/2022 post<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=19129(opens in a new tab)\">the Evergreen industry of warfare&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=19129\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=19129(opens in a new tab)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>War Bucks <strong>UPDATE on Evergreen Industry of Warfare<\/strong><\/p>\n<cite> <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Global News source: February 25,2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada will be purchasing additional tanks to replace the ones being sent to Ukraine&nbsp;, Defence Minister Anita Anand&nbsp;said. Canada\u2019s contributions to Ukraine\u2019s war effort have come amid concerns about the Canadian Armed Forces&#8217;&nbsp;capacities here at home.\u201cI am always concerned to make sure that the Canadian Armed Forces have what they need to serve and protect this incredible country,\u201d Anand said, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat that means is we are going to be purchasing additional tanks for the Canadian Armed Forces.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/warbucks.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/warbucks.jpg 700w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/warbucks-280x300.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/media\">SIPRI for the media<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Click link for full media release<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Arms sales of SIPRI Top 100 arms companies grow despite supply chain challenges<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5 December 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>(Stockholm, 5 December 2022) Sales of arms and military services by the 100 largest companies in the industry reached $592 billion in 2021, a 1.9 per cent increase compared with 2020 in real terms. This is according to new data released today by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The increase marked the seventh consecutive year of rising global arms sales. However, while the rate of growth in 2020\u201321 was higher than in 2019\u201320 (1.1 per cent), it was still below the average for the four years leading up to the Covid-19 pandemic (3.7 per cent).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/animals-of-war.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/animals-of-war.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/animals-of-war-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/animals-of-war-768x380.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Animals continue to be major causalities of war<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Supply chain issues seen in 2021 likely to worsen due to Ukraine war&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"421\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/herm-3-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/herm-3-copy.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/herm-3-copy-300x211.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>US companies dominate the Top 100, but sales decline<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Court-Painter-war-thoughts-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Court-Painter-war-thoughts-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Court-Painter-war-thoughts-2-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Court-Painter-war-thoughts-2-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Europe: Aerospace sales fall, shipbuilding rises<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Court-Painter-animals-of-war.-jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Court-Painter-animals-of-war.-jpg.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Court-Painter-animals-of-war.-jpg-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Court-Painter-animals-of-war.-jpg-768x420.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Chinese companies drive rapid growth in Asian arms sales<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/court-painter-animals-of-war-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/court-painter-animals-of-war-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/court-painter-animals-of-war-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/court-painter-animals-of-war-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/court-painter-animals-of-war-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/court-painter-animals-of-war.jpg 1397w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"631\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gaza-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gaza-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gaza-2-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gaza-2-768x485.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/herm-2-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/herm-2-copy.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/herm-2-copy-300x210.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Other notable developments&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Six Russian companies are included in the Top 100 for 2021. Their arms sales totalled $17.8&nbsp;billion\u2014an increase of only 0.4 per cent&nbsp;over 2020. There were signs that stagnation was widespread across the Russian arms industry.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The five Top 100 companies based in the Middle East generated $15.0 billion in arms sales in 2021. This was a 6.5 per cent increase compared with 2020, the fastest pace of growth of all regions represented in the Top 100.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The aggregated arms sales of the four Top 100 companies based in Japan was $9.0 billion, a decline of 1.4&nbsp;per cent compared with 2020.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This is the first year in which a Taiwanese firm appears in the Top 100. NCSIST (ranked 60th), which specializes in missiles and military electronics, recorded arms sales of $2.0 billion in 2021.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Private equity companies are becoming more active in the arms industry, particularly in the USA. This could affect the transparency of arms sales data, due to less stringent financial reporting requirements compared with public companies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gaza-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gaza-3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gaza-3-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gaza-3-768x505.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Court-Painter-war-fogger.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Court-Painter-war-fogger.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Court-Painter-war-fogger-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Court-Painter-war-fogger-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"557\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/gaza-6-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/gaza-6-copy.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/gaza-6-copy-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/gaza-6-copy-768x428.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1-rm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1-rm.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1-rm-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1-rm-768x491.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/3-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MARCH 23\/2022 post the Evergreen industry of warfare&#8230; https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=19129(opens in a new tab) War Bucks UPDATE on Evergreen Industry of Warfare Global News source: February 25,2023 Canada will be purchasing additional tanks to replace the ones being sent to Ukraine&nbsp;, Defence Minister Anita Anand&nbsp;said. Canada\u2019s contributions to Ukraine\u2019s war effort have come amid concerns about &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=22662\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;War Bucks Update&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-images","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22662"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27118,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22662\/revisions\/27118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}