Arms control

• NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Nov. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII (NYSE: HII) hosted the U.S. Department of State Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security at its Newport News Shipbuilding division today.
• Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins leads the Department of State efforts in support of the trilateral Australia, United Kingdom and United States (AUKUS) partnership implementation.
• She met with NNS leadership and visited shipyard facilities that support construction of Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarines.
• Additionally, Ambassador Jenkins participated in a tour and discussion at the Newport News Shipbuilding Apprentice School that focused on HII’s workforce development expertise.

• On 11 May 2023 the US ambassador to South Africa, Reuben Brigety, claimed that South Africa had secretly exported arms to Russia in December 2022.
• The announcement rapidly fed into a popular narrative that South Africa was increasingly siding with Russia in relation to Moscow’s aggressive war in Ukraine.
• Brigety’s statements made both South African and international news headlines, including the Wall Street Journal, CNN and the Financial Times.
• Furthermore, as demonstrated in the UN Register of Conventional Arms database, Russia has rarely imported South African arms.

Imports and exports

• Indeed the Arms Control Committee’s 2019 arms import report lists the permit approval for the import of five million rounds of Russian ammunition to South Africa.
• Over the years, even the US and the UK have imported arms from Russia according to the UN Register of Conventional Arms.
• Reports at the time indicate that containers were offloaded in the harbour and then transported to secure locations under tight security.

US accusations of South African arms to Russia

• Brigety claimed that the US government had intelligence reports indicating that prior to the Lady R departing from Simon’s Town, South African ammunition and possibly arms were loaded onto the vessel and then transported to Russia.
• South Africa has one of the most comprehensive arms export laws in Africa, the cornerstones of which are transparency and human rights considerations.
• Traditionally Russia could be considered a South African ally due to the BRICS arrangement.
• However, reports of Russian perpetrated human rights abuses in Ukraine would most likely override other considerations in terms of South Africa’s arms export considerations.
• All arms export applications by arms exporters are carefully considered by a scrutiny committee and, thereafter, by the National Conventional Arms Control Committee.
• The annual arms export reports show that South Africa generally adheres to the Section 15 criteria.
• If the Arms Control Committee had considered an application to export arms and or ammunition to Russia, then consensus among cabinet ministers would have been necessary.

The devil is in the intelligence reports

• But such an endeavour would have required the payment of considerable bribes to officials on the docks and the manufacture of fraudulent export documentation.
• The crux of the arms-to-Russia allegations relates to the content of the US intelligence reports.

• Mississauga, Ontario, March 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Worksport Ltd. (Nasdaq: WKSP) (the Company) has appointed Mr. Thomas DiNanno , a Hudson Institute Adjunct Fellow, to its Advisory Board.
• Worksport and Terravis Energy are a unique combination of innovation, and I am excited to help bring these innovative technologies to help improve America's infrastructure, states Mr. DiNanno.
• Mr. DiNanno is a contributing advisor to Hudson Institute, a 501(c)(3) organization that guides public policy makers and global leaders in government and business through publications, conferences, policy briefings, and recommendations.
• Worksport Ltd. strives to provide frequent updates of its operations to its community of investors, clients, and customers to maintain the highest level of visibility.

• Ambassador and National Security Advisor John Bolton has joined its Board of Directors.
• Ambassador and National Security Advisor John Bolton has joined the BioFlyte Board of Directors (Photo: Business Wire)
  Ambassador Bolton most recently served as the National Security Advisor from 2018 to 2019.
• We are honored to welcome Ambassador Bolton to the BioFlyte Board of Directors, said Charles Call, Ph.D., cofounder, and CEO of BioFlyte.
• We were very pleased to attract Ambassador Bolton to the Board of Directors of BioFlyte, said Wayne Bryden, PhD, CEO of Zeteo Tech and member of the BioFlyte Board of Directors.