In an effort to fill a massive gap in the Government of Canada's reporting
on military exports, the
Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT)
is releasing the
"WikiWeapons Canada" database. This resource contains
revealing details about 18,888 Canadian military-export contracts to the United States.
These contracts, valued at over US$7.2 billion, date from 1999 to 2009. (Download
the
WikiWeapons
Canada database and open with MS Excel.)
Although the Government of Canada has released periodic reports since 1990 on Canadian military exports,
these severely-flawed publications have never included any data on military exports to the United States.
This astounding but deliberate flaw in reports issued by the Department of
Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) needs to be
rectified because the U.S. accounts for 80%
of this country's total military exports. (
Read
why COAT is releasing this data, and why the government should include
U.S. figures in its periodic report called,
Export of Military Goods from
Canada.)
"WikiWeapons Canada" exposes information about a wide range of Canadian military
exports to the U.S., including small arms, automatic
weapons, ammunition, armoured battle vehicles and high-tech electronic
components that have been embedded in many of the world's deadliest weapons
systems.
Canadian Components Embedded in Major U.S. Weapons Systems
used in Iraq and Afghan Wars:
The database includes more than 1,100 contracts -- valued at US$900
million -- for Canadian-made components sold to the U.S. for assembly into
numerous varieties of major weapons systems used in the Iraq and Afghan
wars. For example:
* Warplane that fires Depleted Uranium (A-10 "Thunderbolt")
* Helicopter gunships (AH-1 "Cobra," AH-64 "Apache")
*
Bombers (B-1 "Lancer," B-2 "Spirit,"B-52
"Stratofortress")
* Vehicles (M1 "Abrams" tanks, M2 "Bradley Fighting Vehicles")
*
Heavy Artillery (M109
155 mm "Paladin" howitzer)
*
Electronic-warfare aircraft (E-2 "Hawkeye," E-3
"Sentry," EA-6B "Prowler," ES-3A "Shadow")
*
Fighter and Attack warplanes (F-14 "Tomcat," F-15 "Eagle," F-16 "Fighting
Falcon," F/A-18 "Hornet")
Other contracts for Canadian military exports to the U.S. revealed in "WikiWeapons Canada"
database include:
Small arms:
* M249 light machine gun/automatic weapons (5.56
mm)
* M60 machine guns (7.62 mm)
Ammunition:
US$650
million, 163 contracts
* ranging from under 30mm to over 125 mm
Guns:
US$105 million, 300 contracts for guns up to 200 mm calibre:
* under 30 mm: US$60 million, 237 contracts
* 75 mm - 125 mm: US$32 million, 52 contracts
* 125 mm - 200 mm: US$13 million, 12 contracts
Weapons-Firing Systems:
US$78 million, 34 contracts
Combat Vehicles and parts:
US$1.27
Billion, 2000+ contracts.
Guided Missile Remote-Control Systems for helicopters:
* AH-1G
"Cobra"
* AH-1J
"Sea Cobra"
*
CH-53 "Sea Stallion"
*CH-46
"Sea Knight"
* SH-60
"Sea Hawk"
