Winter 2010 - Project Ploughshares

US contracts for combat systems during 2009Supplier Location Military product or service Contract value RecipientCAE Inc Montreal, QC HC/MC-130J aircraft full-mission simulator Not reported US Air ForceCMC Electronics Inc Montreal, QC AC-130 gunship aircraft mission display Not reported US Air ForceChicopee Manufacturing Kitchener, ON F-35 Lightning II JSF aircraft components u $67.6 million US Air ForceGeneral Dynamics Canada Nepean, ON Littoral Combat Ship construction work u Not reported US NavyGeneral Dynamics Land SystemsCanada CorpLondon, ON 902 Stryker combat vehicles work u $361 million US ArmyRepair battle-damaged mine protected vehicles $40.2 million US NavyGeneral Dynamics OTS Canada Le Gardeur, QC Work on 105mm artillery shells u Not reported US ArmyGeneral Electric Canada Bromont, QC F/A-18 fighter aircraft engine work u $4.8 million US NavyHéroux Inc Longueuil, QC B-1B bomber and other aircraft landing gear $11.3 million US Air ForceIMP Aerospace Components Ltd Amherst, NS Chinook heavy-lift helicopter components u $49 million US ArmyMagellan Aerospace Corp Mississauga, ON F-35 JSF aircraft horizontal tail components u $11 million US Air ForceMagtron Precision Scarborough, ON F-35 JSF aircraft electronic components u $10 million US Air ForceNGRAIN (Canada) Corp Vancouver, BC AC-130 gunship aircraft training package Not reported US Air ForceRaytheon Canada Ltd Waterloo, ON Work on Seasparrow missiles & containers u $31 million US NavyStandard Aero Ltd Winnipeg, MB Landing Craft marine engines $39.1 million US Navyu Subcontract with corporate prime contractor*Estimated contract valueSource: Canadian Military Industry Database, Project PloughsharesIndia-Pakistan relationsand the impact on AfghanistanRussiaNicole WaintraubAfghanistanPakistanIndiaThere is widespread acknowledgmentof the profound influence thatAfghanistan-Pakistan ties have onthe prospect for long-term stability inAfghanistan. But we must expand thisunderstanding to include the role ofPakistan-India relations. Pakistan’slongstanding conflict with India andsuspicion of its regional engagement,especially in Afghanistan, havealready adversely affected the securitysituation. While there have beenencouraging recent developmentsbetween Afghanistan and Pakistan,Pakistan’s suspicion of India threatensto entrench relations of conflictand competition at the expense ofcooperation and stability.India’s involvementin AfghanistanThere are several ways to read India’scurrent engagement with Afghanistan.Since the overthrow of the Taliban,India has invested heavily in renewingits ties with Afghanistan. At present,India is the largest regional donor toAfghanistan’s reconstruction, havingoffered more than $1.2-billion (US)since 2001. This can be seen as acontribution toward greater regionalstability.India has been involved in variousreconstruction and capacity-buildingprojects, including major infrastructuredevelopment initiatives; women’semployability programs; medicalmissions; children’s health and schoolfeeding program delivery; and trainingfor civil servants, police, and diplomats.India has also strengthenedits economic ties with Afghanistan tothe extent permitted by the transitlimitations between the two countries.Such involvement has contributedgreatly to a positive public perception13The Ploughshares Monitor I Winter 2010