Israel and Russia barred as world's largest arms show opens in Paris

Jan van der Made

17 June 2024 at 2:46 am·1-min read

Representatives from some 2,000 companies will this week evaluate the latest defence technologies at France’s Eurosatory weapons show in northern Paris. Notably absent this year are Israel and Russia who were excluded because of the wars in Gaza and Ukraine.

Visitors to the show can explore state-of-the-art air and missile defence systems and gain insights on topics such as information warfare, the impact of climate change on military operations, artificial intelligence, space defence, camouflage and military ethics

It will feature exclusive demonstrations by troops of the elite French crisis intervention group (GIGN), the French national police, RAID anti-terrorist squads and the army.

More than 400 speakers including generals, defence consultants and CEOs of the world’s largest arms companies have been invited to hold some 172 seminars.

In total, 2,015 defence-related companies have registered for a stand at this year's show, which runs until Friday.

France is represented by 678 companies – including Thales, Safran and Airbus.

The US has sent 168 participants including GM Defence, Intelsat, Northrop Grumman and a delegation of the US Army.

France is world's second biggest arms exporter, just ahead of Russia: report

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