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Die Waffen nieder!

Was sagt uns Bertha von Suttner heute 25.11.2006 12:37 Themen: Militarismus
Das Bild des Kopfes von Bertha von Suttnerist auf dem österreichischen Zweieurostück eingeprägt.
Der bevorzugte Lieferant für Zweieurorohlinge ist die südkoreanische Poongsan Corporation.Sie stellt Nichteisenmettalle einschließlich Kupfer und Kupferlegierungen, Edelstahl, Waffen und Treibmittel für Munition her.
Diehl Munitions Systeme, Poongsan Corp. und Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) Drei notorische Hersteller von Streubomben haben sich gefunden und wollen ab Januar 2007, gemeinsam, in Pakistan alle Arten von Munition herstellen:

08.nov.2006 pk the nation

POF to sign MoUs during 'IDEAS' Exhibition 2006

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WAH CANTT - Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) Wah has announced that it will launch co-production of arms and ammunition with Germany and Korea from January 2007. Chairman POF Lt. Gen Syed Sabahat Hussain told journalists here on Tuesday after the opening session of the two-day seminar on public-private partnership.

He said that Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) to this effect would be signed during the forthcoming International Defence Exhibition (IDEAS) 2006. To a query, the Chairman said that POF was devising a future strategy to launch more projects of co-production with the local private partners in the field of arms and ammunition.

Sabahat Hussain was of the view that technologies once branded as “hush hush” were now being offered to the POF as joint ventures for co-production and co-marketing by companies no less than international giants Diehl of Germany and Poongsan of Korea. He said similar offers have also been received from some other countries.

Earlier, speaking at the seminar, he said that the core technology and system integration would continue to be the centre of POF’s main activity. He said that the private sector would also benefit as down stream industry.

He observed that Pakistan had been blessed by Allah Almighty with extraordinary resources and skills combined with the flexibility for adaptation to the changing global environment.

He said that the POF was the lifeline to the Pakistan Armed Forces since its creation and had played a vital role in the development of both the present public as well as private sector industries.

He said over the years the industry had not only expanded in size and volume but had also excelled in the acquisition of new technologies and diversification of its product range. “This turn has given the country the essentially required self-reliance and helped boost trade and reduce imports,” he added.

Federal Minister for Defence Production Major (retd) Habibullah Warraich urged the public sector to enhance the capability of private sector and work in harmony for an effective utilisation of resources in both cultures.

He said that the POF was undoubtedly the major defence industry in Pakistan and with its vast resources and range of products and processes had presented itself as an ideal industrial complex for the other industries to seek guidance and help. He said in Pakistan, the rapidly expanding automobile and oil and gas sector and the ever-vibrant textile sector needed support from the public sector. He stressed that it was the time to take a step to bridge a gap for a sustainable cooperation.

Khawar Nawaz, a senior official of the POF in a presentation on “POF’s role in the development of engineering sector in Pakistan” said that the POF was the largest defence industrial complex under the ministry of defence production, producing conventional arms and ammunition of the international standards. He said an international name in quality and reliability, all manufacturing units of POF are ISO-9001 - ISO-14001 certified. Its metallurgical testing labs and ballistic proof ranges have the world class recognition of ISO 17025. He said with technologies and equipments acquired from USA, UK, France, Germany and China, these factories employ some of the latest state of the art processes, including computerised numerical controlled machines and flexible Manufacturing systems for the production of precision components.

The wide range of products include a variety of NATO caliber Infantry weapons and their ammo, Tank ammo, Air craft and anti air craft ammo, Artillery ammo, Rockets, Air craft bombs, Pyrotechnics, Mortar bombs and Hand grenade and a number of ordnance and commercial products.

The Chief Executive of Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) Shahab Khawaja said that the SMEDA was established in October 1998 to take on the challenge of developing Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Pakistan. He said with a futuristic approach and professional management structure it has focus on providing an enabling environment and business development services to small and medium enterprises. Mohsin Khalid, Chief Executive Ittehad Steel Islamabad also made presentation on “steel sector overview-the way forward”. He underlined the need to take advantage of the unending appetite of steel in the region.

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Bertha von Suttner und der Nobelpreis

Roland Ionas Bialke 26.11.2006 - 05:24
Bertha von Suttner war an der Entwicklung von Treibpulver für Waffen und Munition durchaus interessiert und arbeitete sogar 1876 mit Alfred Nobel an der Entwicklung von Sprengmitteln mit.

Augenscheinlich wie Nobel, oder später Einstein, wollte von Suttner nicht, dass ihre Werke für Kriege eingesetzt werden. Die Kritik ist daher unangebracht, da jeder Mensch mit Waffen oder Treibmitteln anstellen kann was er/sie will. Der Hersteller oder Erfinder ist nicht dafür zur Verantwortung zu ziehen.

Trotzdem ist die Zwei-Euro-Münze eine numismatische Hässlichkeit, also nicht wegen von Suttners Abbild (das ist voll schön), sondern wegen der Bimetallausführung.