London is the World's War Showroom - Real Media - The News You Don't See

London is the World's War Showroom  - Real Media - The News You Don't See

London is the World's War Showroom

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By Matt Kennard

 

If you were somewhere near London and at a loose end in the last week of January, you could have attended FOURdifferent arms fairs.

 

All interests were catered for somewhere across the capital. If armoured vehicles were your bag, the annual exhibition at Twickenham Stadium could provide your fix. If you preferred Surface Warships then the Hilton at Canary Wharf was hosting the “world’s premier international conference for all elements of the surface fleet community”. For those more into military helicopters or cyber warfare, there were fairs for that too.

 

This might seem like an excessive amount of arms jamborees for one week and one city.

 

But since the so-called War on Terror began in 2001, and Britain intensified its own role with the Iraq invasion in 2003, London has become the global showroom for the products of war.