Swiss War Materiel and Arms Exports

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Controversial PC-7s for Nigeria’s military regime

Goods category: Special military goods

Swiss air force Pilatus PC-7, Grenchen, 26.06.2010.

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In 1993, deliveries of Pilatus PC-7s to Nigeria were criticised in connection with the military regime’s annulment of the elections.

Effect of the proposed War Materiel Act revision

In Switzerland, special military goods (unlike in most other countries) are not subject to the War Materiel Act, but to the much weaker Goods Control Act.

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Time period

1993

Sources

  • tagesanzeiger.ch, 11.03.2023: Die Schweizer Rüstungsexporte: Eine Geschichte mit Skandalen, Vertuschungen und Übertreibungen (Rico Bandle)
  • SonntagsZeitung, 12.03.2023, S. 8: Skandale, Vertuschungen, Übertreibungen (Rico Bandle)