The Israeli Defense Ministry says Eurosatory blocked displays of defensive systems despite compliance with French restrictions, while offensive weapons remained on show.
Management at the June 15-19 Eurosatory land and air-land defense exhibition in Paris boarded up Israeli pavilions even though they adhered to organizers’ discriminatory restrictions, Israel’s Defense Ministry said on Monday.
“This is a cynical, discriminatory, and unsurprising move aimed at shutting Israeli technology out of an international exhibition, technology whose quality is proven daily across the Middle East,” the ministry’s spokesperson said.
Two of the pavilions belonged to Controp, a producer of electro-optical, precision motion control systems for surveillance, defense, para-military and homeland security missions, and to Smart Shooter, which developed state-of-the-art fire control systems for small arms that significantly increase weapon accuracy, especially against attack drones.