New illegal boat strike in the Caribbean yesterday. Boat strikes' civilian death toll now stands at 182. 18 in the past 9 days.

adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/

Killer robots are here. Now what? (feat. Peter Asaro) Podcast Episode · Lock and Code · 5 April · 43min

"It's not clear that these systems can do what [militaries] want them to do in a predictable and reliable way." #AutonomousWeapons

Our Campaign Chair Peter Asaro spoke with @malwarebytes.com's about autonomous weapons and #MilitaryAI.

🎧 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/k...

3/ At this rate, this year's FMS total is likely to be amongst the highest in the past 20 years (figures below are not adjusted for inflation). See last tab of related spreadsheet docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Major Arms Sales Resources on notifications of major arms sales (US) under the FMS program. Data going back to 1997.

2/ See our resource page on these notifications. (The Trump administration broke nearly all the hyperlinks to previous individual sales, but the numbers are right)
www.forumarmstrade.org/major-arms-s...

Germany – Integrated Combat System, Supporting Equipment, and Support - United States Department of State The U.S. Department of State has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Germany to Integrated Combat System, Supporting Equipment, and Support. The estima...

1/ ICYMI, on Friday, the State Department notified a nearly $12 billion potential arms sale to Germany. That brings calendar year FMS notification to nearly $57 billion globally... not even 4 months into the year www.forumarmstrade.org/major-arms-s... www.state.gov/releases/bur...

ICYMI, on Friday we aired the first in our new "Asks the Experts" interviews. Catch up with Josh Ruebner's assessment of where Congress is on arming #Israel. @imeupolicy.bsky.social 👇

A Violent Convergence: How Silicon Valley and Private Finance Are Reshaping War

Shana Marshall: This historical moment of convergence between technological development, global finance capital, and the US war machine seems poised to drive greater militarization of the global economy and a more aggressive US approach toward the world. www.securityincontext.org/posts/a-viol...

U.S. Weapons to Israel YouTube video by Forum on the Arms Trade

🚨On 4/15, a record number of Senators voted to block bombs and bulldozers to Israel, while the Block the Bombs Act picks up momentum in the House. We sat down with Josh Ruebner, Policy Director at IMEU Policy Project, for his analysis.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cWP...

Mines, Memory, and Migration on Bosnia's Perilous Border Refugees and migrants have to navigate terrain laden with leftover landmines and unexploded ordnance on Bosnia's border with Croatia.

Pleased to be @europeanpressprize.bsky.social nominated with @ahnidzara.bsky.social and Maryam Ashrafi for our reportage on migration, minefields and memory in Bosnia for @inkstickmedia.com

inkstickmedia.com/mines-memory...

The Dam Breaks: Democratic Senators Overwhelmingly Reject Arms Sales to Israel A majority of Senate Democrats voted for Sen. Bernie Sanders’s resolutions to block arms sales to Israel.

The Dam Breaks: Democratic Senators Overwhelmingly Reject Arms Sales to Israel
theintercept.com/2026/04/15/s...

U.S. Southern Command @Southcom On April 15, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Three male narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed. @DeptofWar #OpSouthernSpear

Five boats hit in five days. This means either:

- These aren't drug boats: the intelligence is sloppy, or the killing is happening just for the sake of it
- These *are* drug boats: there are so many out there because this strategy isn't deterring anyone

Either way, a failure.

Watching US grip on global weapons market slowly slip away This is actually a plus for American security over the long-term. Here's why.

This is actually a plus for American security over the long-term. Here's why... See Bill Hartung's argument at
responsiblestatecraft.org/us-global-ar...

How China’s Weapons Transfers to Iran Have Evolved Over Decades

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/w...

US Arms to Israel - Trump This resource page is primarily a timeline of developments related to the potential or actual provision of weapons to Israel during Donald Trump's second administration (2025-2029).

Today, votes were held on SJ Res 32 on bulldozers (40 yea-59 no) & SJ Res 138 on 1000-pound bombs (36 yea-63 no) to #Israel. These resolutions garnered the largest number of supportive votes ever, surpassing previous high on July 30, 2025 (27 yea votes total). www.forumarmstrade.org/us-israel-tr...

Strike number 54 in Somalia of 2026 announced via press release (year’s total here is by count of confirmed strikes not by AFRICOM confirmation of the total so could be more unannounced).

www.newamerica.org/insights/ame...

I recently returned to Sudan where an environmental crisis threatens to sicken and kill long after the bullets stop flying Three years into a brutal civil war, the country's capital region is awash in rubble, sewage and bodies, writes UNEP's Mouna Zein.

1/ Three years in to the war in #Sudan a reminder from @unep.org that damage to its environment and natural resources are impacting its people and ecosystems. Compared to Ukraine, Gaza and Iran, the war's environmental narrative is underdeveloped: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

Nicole van Rooijen Nicole van Rooijen is the Executive Director of Stop Killer Robots in Geneva, Switzerland.

We're delighted to welcome @nicolevanrooijen.bsky.social @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social to the Forum's expert community list. Learn more about her work at www.forumarmstrade.org/nicole.html

Before today's expected vote at 5:30PM, see Josh's thoughts: mondoweiss.net/2026/04/cong...

TO DATE: U.S. Maritime Attacks in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific - WOLA See below for WOLA’s live counter of lethal U.S. military strikes in the Caribbean as part of Trump’s unlawful “drug war.”

Current count of boat strikes:

* 48 attacks (more boats than attacks)
* > 175 extrajudicial killings

US strikes on alleged drug boats have killed more than 160 people With eyes on Middle East, military continues campaign of deadly strikes at sea.

“This campaign of murder at sea has fallen out of the headlines, but the consequences are being felt in communities across the region,” said @jwrchappell.bsky.social, adviser at the Center for Civilians in Conflict. “Families ... have no access to recourse.” responsiblestatecraft.org/drug-boat-st...

📣The Forum on Arms Trade sits down with IMEU Policy to discuss Congress's efforts to stop the delivery of weapons to Israel. Friday 4/17 at 3pm EST at www.forumarmstrade.org

Protect civilians - keep landmines banned Landmines are coming back to Europe - quietly. Countries like Poland and Finland are moving toward producing and using them. Others could follow. These weapons don’t disappear after wars end - they ke...

Landmines are coming back to Europe - quietly. Countries like Poland are already moving toward using them. Others may follow. They don’t stop killing when wars end. We can still stop this, but we need to act now. action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-04...

The U.S. Has Killed More than 170 People in Boat Strikes. We’re Tracking Them All. The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean and the number of civilians killed.

The U.S. Has Killed More than 170 People in Boat Strikes. We’re Tracking Them All.
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...

US Arms to Israel - Trump This resource page is primarily a timeline of developments related to the potential or actual provision of weapons to Israel during Donald Trump's second administration (2025-2029).

For more resources on US weapons to Israel, see www.forumarmstrade.org/us-israel-tr...

About 90 People Detained at N.Y.C. Protest Over Arms Sales to Israel

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/n...

New York City police arrested about 100 demonstrators after more than 300 anti-war protesters staged a sit-in outside the Manhattan offices of U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, calling on them to support an expected Senate vote blocking additional U.S. weapons sales to Israel.

Join a timely discussion on Israel-Palestine today at 6:30 PM, in-person in NYC, or online, with Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man and @sarahleah1.bsky.social, authors of "From Apartheid to Democracy," and Robert Malley, author of "Tomorrow Is Yesterday."

Registration: brooklynpeace.org/event/mon-ap...

Trump’s budget for 2027, a breakdown Polygraph | Newsletter n°339 | 13 Apr 2026

80% of Trump’s budget goes to war and policing.

www.stephensemler.com/p/trumps-bud...

You Cannot Bomb Your Way to Peace—We’ve Tried | Common Dreams ​In Iran as in Laos, you cannot claim to negotiate in good faith while destroying civilian life. And you cannot escape the long shadow of toxins and explosives that outlive every justification offered...

"As a US Air Force veteran, I’ve witnessed firsthand the devastating human cost of bombing strikes, both at the moment and in the decades to come...."
www.commondreams.org/opinion/can-...