“For example, weapons development company #QinetiQ, based at MOD Aberporth, develops #UAVs (#drones) for export to the Israeli military for use in the genocide in Gaza, and the decades long illegal occupation of Palestine and the brutal oppression of Palestinians.”
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Then, #Thales UK fly and maintain their #Watchkeeper drones for the MOD from West Wales Airport. Thales is the UK branch of Israeli arms company #Elbit Systems Ltd (via a subsidiary company U-TacS) and is also in active partnership with Israeli Aerospace Industries (#IAI).
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“Whilst defence is not a devolved power to #Wales, the defence industry is. The #WelshAssembly Government was described in 2011 as being:
‘the driving force behind setting up the Wales UAS environment… [and] Parc Aberporth as a dedicated centre for UAS [Unmanned Weapons Systems].’”
