The Business of War: SOFEX

SOFEX is where the world's leading generals come to buy everything from handguns to laser-guided missile systems. It stands for "Special Operations Forces Exhibition Conference" and it's essentially a trade-show where just about anyone with enough money can buy the most powerful weapons in the world.
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[@KentrYT]

It's like E3 with less violence.

[@honkhonk8009]

yep

[@LomidzeDavid]

... with less violence. :D I like it

[@FRISHR]

And less cringe.

[@username-wu3rk2aj4n]

i see what you did there

[@TheSaltBoiCometh]

Clever

[@ciaranfoster47]

*Goes up to Heckler and Koch stand* 'So where are you guys from?' This guy really isn't a gun guy

[@kirildragunov2074]

He doesn't know a shit about any weapons or military or anything ^^

[@toruko-ishibravo2zulu679]

MADE IN THE USA labels turn my crank. If you're into crank otherwise, I'm not amazed.

[@DieForDethklok11]

this is vice, most of their reporters would be scared to be in the same room with a scary black firearm.

[@scottd9448]

He's asking as most people do not know who HK are. He's reporting.

[@pinccgoshsuperfantwo]

@@scottd9448 yep! you get it.

[@pierreaurimond8350]

Lmao the Marine they brought with them is having the time of his life 😂

[@LK-dn2ms]

Jay L stfu

[@LoydAvenheart]

What are you saying, can you repeat that? @Jay L

[@Mi3k15]

He’s like a kid with a tenner in a candy store.

[@Alexander-Hatfield]

He does look like a fucking idiot. Your not supposed to point a gun at someone until your ready to kill them. Regardless if it's loaded or not

[@loganwightman1325]

@@Alexander-Hatfield he probably was ready to kill that pussy reporter lol

[@zonabot6029]

US marine was like” I just got back from shooting at these guys” now we are all shopping together

[@hamzahfrs6548]

None of who was there fought the US

[@zonabot6029]

Not directly but there were definitely people there that provided arms to people that either directly or in directly armed our enemy’s. ISIS,alQ, Talaban. They got there weapons somewhere. Example is isis. They overran Iraq in many battles and took their weapons and tanks and used them against the us or it’s allies. If Pakistan was there they provided the Taliban weapons allegedly but honestly who knows my comment was more on the lol haha 😂

[@mrdune5479]

You didnt see the iranians? Many of the weapons used against us in iraq were iranian

[@vicefurco.9134]

trolololol

[@inquisitvem6723]

Imagine the generals of S.Korea seeing the generals of N.Korea there...lol

[@lukevortex1037]

"hi there neighbour, is everything going well?" "Yeah, can't complain. Thank you" "have a nice day and untill next year." "Bye."

[@BullsMahunny]

Given with how relations between the two countries are now I'd imagine it would be just a general chat. I'm not sure if they did it yet but they're on the verge of ending the Korean War between the two and I even think they're talking about a Joint Military Cooperation effort. South Korean president just went over to North Korea for the first time since the split for talks. Not looking into any backroom shady deals or possible betrayals, on a relation level between the two countries, it couldn't be better.

[@ruskibot7745]

SK is down with the US and NK is getting down with both. China is going to have a panic attack when their buffer country starts to hate them

[@knecht6974]

@Majime Wrong. They developed their own version of the AK with a rarely seen helix style 100 round magazine, long distance missiles and gunboats. If there is one thing North Korea isnt shit at its cheap clothes for the chinese and weapons.

[@knecht6974]

@@BullsMahunny Well, not quite. If you look at when nkorea completed theie biggest goal ever and when they started to talk to skorea and the US you will see why the relations seems to improve. Kim is hoping to get Financial aid for the poor poor Citizens of his poor poor country because he now has the ability to reach the US with his nuclear missiles. You can also see this in his reasoning why hed rather meet the skorean president in skorea and not in nkorea: he said "the Infrastructure in nkorea is very bad, the skorean president wouldnt have a pleasant time traveling there" altho he knows the southkorean president would travel by air so he couldnt care less about the roads and trains and whatever, he is just trying to squeze money out of them.

[@nosuuddo456]

"ah ha, thank you for buying 10 machine gun helicopters! kill you later, okay?"

[@mr.gilbert2790]

@Austin T. A flying ship with machine guns obviously dumbass

[@user-sc4hv8qe6f]

Austin T. Hmmm let’s debunk this real quick. It’s a machine gun helicopter, so its probably a helicopter, with machine guns. Just a hunch though.

[@ls200076]

@Austin T. A helicopter with a machine gun

[@co-incept9198]

Austin T. Usually, Captain Obvious means the answer is common sense. A skill you don’t have.

[@kappen5904]

Mr. Gilbert meaning Apaches and Attack helis

[@dylanpolito151]

This is the VICE that I wish was still around today. VICE really let themselves deteriorate.

[@perseusrex614]

+1000!

[@dlf7789]

You obviously haven't paid attention or just dont respect social documentaries the same as eye candy documentaries

[@wondashozen]

There are so many vice videos like this on Vice News channel lol trippin b

[@hatepurrpp2651]

Mr Zogu and you obviously enjoy a million documentaries on weed and feminism without getting bored

[@dlf7789]

@@hatepurrpp2651 aaaaand *ding* *ding* *ding* we have a winner for the most dishonest comment, literally go to their channel and look at their recent posts.

[@Cannibal713]

12:59 I love how the most honest and strait up person about the military industrial complex arms bizarre was a foul mouthed American Marine. God bless the corps.

[@Ju5-I-S0m36UY]

“Not to be too liberal...”

[@infinitotourismo]

@@Ju5-I-S0m36UY its not liberal to notice the irony of it all.

[@hatepurrpp2651]

he sounds like the only level headed person there

[@minty6347]

Yup. As a Marine Iraq War veteran, I applaud my fellow Marine veteran for noticing the bullshit too. War for profit needs to end. The military-industrial complex needs to be dismantled. The best part? The military-industrial complex has nothing to do with my military and everything to do with the private sector and corrupt politicians on both sides of the aisle. I'm ready shoot some rich heads off. These motherfuckers are responsible for the deaths of thousands of my Marine Corps. brothers and sisters. I'm ready to taste their blood. Koch Brother first.

[@krisjaniskalans3474]

multi billion dollar companies......use 3d models from cs 1.6

[@someguy4512]

no its valve who creat it idiot thay have the BIGGES game platform know as steam

[@xMaverickFPS]

PAINTV - who's the idiot?

[@billylukito5522]

hey, as long as it works, and buyer get the point.

[@jonw952]

No you idiots... It was Bethesda and Crytek! DUH..

[@noblesse4728]

their creative division got budget lower than small indie game developer, lol

[@Mr.Tahkos]

It's like one general walks up to another and says oh it's so good to see you and then he whispers "we're gonna get you tomorrow." and the other general says "you can try."

[@kohls9891]

“I don’t wanna sound liberal or anything”

[@thelordofnuggets629]

Grenadier shut up black person

[@jeffreylebowski2440]

Clearly a stigma in the US military. You call your country a free democratic country yet everybody in the army has to be right leaning or feel ashamed of themselves and yet in fact both liberals and conservatives believe that soldiers are there to defend the human lives and human rights. We are just ruled by greedy and very mean people...

[@oostenmusic]

"we brought along an ex-marine" points gun at camera........

[@damascusthecat7028]

right

[@jamesscholl300]

So what? Some people have the ability to recognize where rules apply rather than apply them blindly everywhere. Yes, that's a fundamental no-no when handling a gun but consider the context... I don't know why I have to explain this to you.

[@thememescape8167]

There is no such thing as an ex marine

[@pfw4568]

@@thememescape8167 Semper Fi, bitch!

[@thememescape8167]

@@pfw4568 yeah

[@donjohnson3888]

Can you even _imagine_ what the security at an event like this must be like? Hundreds of hugely powerful and important military figures from around the world all in one place at one time.

[@ex0duzz]

Don Johnson doubt five star generals are going, or any generals from the big countries. It's mostly generals from third world countries looking to buy scraps from the big boys like USA and China and Russia/France/uk etc.. And even then they would probably send their secretaries or lower ranked officials, ain't no need for top generals to be there.

[@disturbedlife5691]

Don Johnson it

[@momslayer66]

@@ex0duzz and ofc u know it how?

[@anonymoustroll4195]

@@ex0duzz It must be frustrating to be an American soldier and see your government sell weapons to organization that could kill you.

[@ex0duzz]

@@momslayer66 because that's how organizations and heirarchy works.

[@nazsmith6458]

meanwhile, somewhere in there James Bond is talking on his earpiece doing missions..

[@nolancummings9590]

+Naz Smith I thought the exact same thing...

[@Zman44444]

Actually though. I wonder how much espionage’s going on in those rooms.

[@gavin9174]

its like seeing 2 leaders meeting saying "aw dude this weapon is gonna take out your dudes" then the other guy goes "LOL naw bruh check out this new ballistic missile tank i got"

[@radjadawamindra697]

That's called a professional courtesy.

[@siewkitlee4191]

Imagine 2 generals racing to one weapon to claim it and rage like 2 karens

[@ghost_raven8995]

That'll be entertaining lmfao

[@vicefurco.9134]

Ayup

[@ZiFrenZie]

1:46 "Battle Against Global Terrorism" More like battle against each other in global proxy wars.

[@vesnyable]

FrenZie Exactly. Now Donald and Putin want to start new arms race, like it means anything else but more proxy wars..

[@OctogonOxygen024816]

FrenZie do you even know what a proxy war is ??

[@ZiFrenZie]

Do you Chris Rivas?

[@joshwuzhere1]

Preach

[@Ali-ro2vv117]

Chris Rivas da google say “A proxy war is a conflict between two states or non-state actors where neither entity directly engages the other. While this can encompass a breadth of armed confrontation, its core definition hinges on two separate powers utilizing external strife to somehow attack the interests or territorial holdings of the other”

[@IG2212]

So basically it's the E3 of weapons, no political beliefs no nothing, just plain and simple market.

[@chicanocoyote9779]

_Soviet_ yup

[@strawhatluffy1880]

_Soviet_ beautiful, ain’t it?

[@whw710]

is this heaven?

[@xavieralvarado3692]

blaek morket

[@WildsDreams45]

That's true buisness my friend. If I move to South America before China and the United States goes to war over the ROC and China's poor geopolitical situation I would supply China and the United States with weapons. That's just good buisness, this coming from an American.

[@bigbossdeleon]

Imagine your ally, selling a weapon to your main enemy, only to use that weapon to kill you. What a crazy world we live in. 😂

[@perseusrex614]

This is exactly what happens with the USA selling/giving arms to Turkey which promptly use them against us Greeks/Cypriots who are supposedly USA allies.

[@perseusrex614]

@@lodos1330 Turks have no business in Cyprus at all anyway. They invaded because it was the Pashas favorite wine growing region and he wanted to steal the wine. Invaders must be dealt with as invaders. That all turks have ever been, thats all they will ever be, and they must be dealt with accordingly. I'm glad at least China has the balls to deal with you properly.

[@lodos1330]

@@perseusrex614 and the greek shows its true colors when people dont buy its lies the first time. If you want to deal with the Turks, come do that, dog.

[@timeclapse3051]

The power of the Invisible Hand

[@jimmyrustler9980]

It's an ancap's dream-come-true!

[@mbr41]

Every country: *shoots each other* US: "Hold on... I ran out of supplies, wanna go shopping?" Every country: "sure"

[@Technologeek92]

Business is booming... literally.

[@grayhat3070]

+Technologeek92 Now that's a clever comment.

[@HerrSchrodinger]

It's an exploding market!

[@banhuevos]

Alot of bang for your buck.

[@erixgarcia5166]

blow your socks right off

[@cortion730]

BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM

[@ValoTheBrute]

and i thought metal gear was being absurd and unrealistic

[@gorillaump5869]

I just had the same exact thought!

[@TheFrostBITE2010]

ValoTheBrute so right. I was just thinking these video games are delivering facts.

[@potatothatescapedchernobyl2872]

Imagine two generals flexin on each others purchases.

[@DZ477]

That moment when your an Australian soldier and sees emus buying weapons.

[@MrCjGamble]

Saab the car maker?? No Saab the fighter plane maker. Then the car maker

[@valmarko9610]

They make the Carl Gustav M3 recoilless rifle

[@valmarko9610]

wantafanta01 Goddamn right

[@Goobiiz]

Chris Gamble Saab System does more than just fighter jets.

[@SirGeorge8600]

Chris Gamble Same for Norinco, they're largely known for ship making, industrial electronics, and logistics. However they are China's #1 weapons contractor. Same goes for Samsung in South Korea, they too make weapons and tanks and are the #1 weapons contractor there.

[@cardellbarkhorn]

+wantafanta01 LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

[@chevy-is-a-good-boy]

Thanks for reminding me how utterly disgusting and corrupt this entire world is, talk about blood money.

[@awddfg]

*_Imagine Ukrainians seeing Russians there_*

[@globalwarfighter]

Or israelis seeing Palestinians

[@dandesso8926]

Or Australians seeing emus

[@suspiciousneighbor4799]

SS SHULTZ lmao emus be chewing up their fiber optic

[@dreads_dead3435]

@@suspiciousneighbor4799 exactly. Cant forget about those attack emus with night vision

[@soup5344]

Every other country there: Why do I hear boss music?

[@ToBeIsWasWere]

lol why are the graphics of this state of the art training facility simulator on playstation 2 level? Come on you can do better than that with this kind of money

[@kylesucks3432]

well because its a simulation, and its not supposed to look good, they probably focus on functionality over good looks.

[@KeithChapman-hr5kx]

Tobias Zauzig funny because they legit did use ps2 systems in the army for alot of shit when they first came out

[@AshleyBlackwater]

I guess its the difference between having to buy a ps2 spec computer per person training and something higher end. If it will run on everything then its more than good enouth. Even current'next gen consoles that can run VR might be good enouth for the next gen sims

[@sugarnuts1110]

It looks lime gold source

[@rat_king-]

Would you prefer a faster weapon and targeting system, or a faster screen refresh rate? oh the refresh rate, said no manufacturer of arms EVER

[@zapfanzapfan]

"Who are you?", "News", *runs away*...

[@ImaStarboy252]

yea whats up with the chinese and this stick up their ass

[@325133]

@@ImaStarboy252 because they'll be arrested at home if they mess up

[@hektik8007]

Hey 14:35

[@hzjhk]

He knows this guy is up for no good. This video is so biased in so many ways. It barely touched subjects related to Russian and it didn't even show any footage. Norinco was touched briefly. VICE isn't even that big of a news network, how do you expect people to even know who u are let alone a foreign country salesman.

[@John-bq1lp]

@@hzjhk no its the fact that it was "news" and the chinese left. they did not want to be interviewed regardless

[@wizzzer1337]

so... why not call it Warcon?

[@themostsecretscience6409]

As a veteran myself, you need to know that military's love A.C.R.O.N.Y.M.S.

[@wizzzer1337]

Willie Maeket War Accessories Reveal Convention Of New... stuff.... so call it WarCons

[@astrixau8928]

It's special operations stuff, not full war, then they would have tanks ships. This is for quick insertion special ops stuff.

[@danis8455]

Astrix au So kinda brings up the question how many people you have to kill before its a war?

[@FRISHR]

“Peace means having a bigger stick than the other guy.”

[@pvtryan785]

“Generals gathered in their masses just like witches at black masses”

[@mooblerthomson9851]

“In the fields a bodies burning as the war machine keeps turning”

[@paolocalzone7186]

@@mooblerthomson9851 Death and hatred to mankind, poisoning their brainwashed minds. Oh Lord YEAH

[@xFlared]

By the end of the day that one Marine is the only honest man in that entire convention.

[@raidr_actual]

Peace sells, but who’s buying?

[@TheIndogamer]

Only those who are humane.

[@johngalonska5753]

Me...

[@aaaaaaaaz76]

ah megadeth makes nice songs

[@friedpickles909]

If no I ones buying then peace dosnt sell

[@jja1483]

The swiss😅

[@RU-zm7wj]

I was impressed that the commentator wore his BEST t-shirt to the international exhibition. He blended in nicely with all the generals in uniform.

[@felixgreen6550]

Isn’t that training centre where Clarkson Hammond and May did their season 1skit?

[@superknightlol]

i think so lol.

[@112steinway]

A 200 million dollar training compound? More like the greatest paintball arena ever devised by man.

[@jancovanderwesthuizen8070]

That Training facility is where they filmed part of the Grand Tour, right?

[@matiasavellanal5244]

yes

[@santi8034]

OH SHIT YOURE RIGHT

[@waleedsn1085]

That's the first thing I got In my mind when I saw this training facility

[@namesarealwaystaken274]

I just commented this

[@axel3895]

No I think it was in South Africa

[@twirfy8952]

Imagine if someone decided they wanted to take the whole event out

[@menofbronze6884]

😂😂😂

[@somerandomguy8725]

world war 3

[@winzyl9546]

Good luck

[@sanjoyguha4203]

I am highly impressed by Vice. You guys' are damn good in choosing interesting & relevant subjects. Plus,your investigative journalism episodes are fantastic.

[@nikolaskapetanich-pittser8932]

you know a reporter doesn't know about guns when he walks up to an HK booth and asks where they are from

[@jagerfromgsg945]

Omg thank you. I was like “how the FUCK do you not know where HK is from”

[@MiSt3300]

Thatoneboi ovadea yeah, even I knew where they were from lol

[@MacetazzOpina]

HK?

[@atlinnn]

I can't believe he asked CZ as well.

[@milessmith7708]

Heckler & Koch

[@lmillar4705]

Where is tony stark?

[@ICANanimations]

he's driving top-down

[@Septiviumexe]

He sells to the presidents, and its tony stank

[@muklisalisyahab9580]

killing everybody in Syria

[@monmonfiasco6391]

Stark industry is Lockheed Martin look at their Logo banner they’re thesame

[@bananamango867]

Stark is busy... Building a big ass mada funkin... tiny RC car 😂😁😃

[@gokickrocks3830]

The sarcasm on this guy is more explosive than the weapons.

[@SporkPlays212]

*Syrian military tries the airplane simulator * *shoots all civilians*

[@evaone]

*american

[@dankk2754]

Please Stop Israeli*

[@Powderlover1]

“Damnit, sorry sir it happened again”

[@BQU023]

Iraqi*

[@emilie6466]

Max The Ultimate Fatty yes because the country spending the most amount of money on precision guided bombs in order to avoid civilian casualties would be the ones not training their pilots to avoid killing civilians. You’re logic is foolproof I would have never thought of that. I guess all that fat didn’t just go to your abdomen.

[@AdobadoFantastico]

I chuckled at the marine, "I don't want to sound too liberal...." Since when is considering the ramifications of this stuff "too liberal"?

[@MarksAwesomeness]

Anguel Roumenov Bogoev He's scared big brother is listening in and will bar him from ranking up in the military because of his "liberal" thoughts.

[@DJGumm3yG4t0r]

Anguel Roumenov Bogoev in the US liberal is kind of a dirty word, especially in the south where most people who enlist are from

[@AdobadoFantastico]

DJGumm3yG4t0r I know, I just found it extremely amusing. It very clearly shows how the institution he's a part of expects a certain outlook. Which is extra ironic because they get government training, health care, paycheck, etc....all evil socialist stuff. It's THE most communist institution in the US.

[@MisterF_1984]

Anguel Roumenov Bogoev yeah I lol'd at that too. Imagine having a glimmer of morality! Heaven forbid!

[@robertwhitley6233]

Anguel Roumenov Bogoev Since John F. Kennedy was murdered.

[@davidkrowa4153]

im watching all these anarchy related videos waiting to see how long before the police raid my house

[@davidkrowa4153]

Brett Miller lol what did you do?

[@davidkrowa4153]

Brett Miller don't believe it

[@davidkrowa4153]

Brett Miller oh, did they seriously raid your house?

[@juanyrendon117]

Ok

[@palatjam3036]

Dupa Krowa lol you're a dumb kid

[@katiempojer]

I wish vice did more like this

[@AnikaJarlsdottr]

11:42 "so where are you guys from?" whilst stood next to the H&K stall.... good job

[@ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012]

this is a place with 100+ country meeting together, of course the best thing you need to ask is where are they from

[@sirjgn4868]

"Customer satisfaction is GUARANTEED!" Yep! Its to... *DIE FOR* XD

[@lkvideos7181]

some of the statements in this video are just amazing ".... shells that look extremely similar to the ones used by insurgents / terrorists .... " - no shit. Artillery shells all look similar. "....Explain how they ended up in insurgents / terrorists hands ...." ever heard of captured equipment ? most of the stuff insurgents / terrorists use is captured equipment from the Iraqi military for example ( see ISIS ). I get all the cynism and pretentious talk about something so "hypocritical and wrong" such as "opposing" factions having a nice little chat during an exposition etc, but really don't be so redicilously silly with it.

[@lkvideos7181]

Kuhaku mate, get a life or something and learn to read properly. Maybe also learn some manners on the way.

[@pvtryan72]

+LKVideos that was never said in this video. ISIS didn't even exist yet.

[@michalvalta5231]

+LKVideos Also the ISIS are supposed to be geniuses. I saw some report from some US TV about ISIS building weapons, even rockets, out of old cars and random pieces of metal they found. Also medical equipement was used to create rifles. Hilarious. :D

[@jamesdaniel7229]

Fat removed. 12:45 14:06 lol 17:55 19:12

[@lkvideos7181]

maybe research the facts first before swallowing every crap critical media tries to selll you. As allready stated, the Iraqi army received military equipment from a number of different nations for billions of dollars, including US, China, Russia etc etc etc etc. When ISIS popped up and gave the Iraqis a massive beating, they captured a huge amount of said equipment within the first few weeks since more than half the army was on the run leaving everything behind, including Abrams tanks, humvees, helicopters etc. That is how those weapons ended up in ISIS hands. The other truth of course is that a ton of stuff was most likely effortlesly bought from some arab / islamic countries *wink* *wink* I won't name to prevent flame war but obvious is obvious - those countries, again received their stuff from the nations allready mentioned. Such as US, China, Russia etc. Soviet origin RPGs and ATGM's and in general shit-ton of Soviet equipment got increasingly deployed by FSA for example, which also uses tons of captured equipment such as T-55 and T-72 tanks from the Syrian army. But no, people are ignorent and lazy enough - to put it very mildly and patiently - to assume the West directly sold weapons to ISIS because some of them are running around with captured AR-15 rifles from the Iraqi army. So consequently, the 99% majority of insurgents / terrorists running around with Soviet AKs were all armed by the Russian Federation, going by your logic ....

[@Ghostdog15]

dude 13:06 i love that guy, he's the most realistic and credible person in this entire video.

[@charlesmurvees5130]

Thank god I got out of the us marine... this is a game.. the rich gets richer and the poor die for their greed

[@braziliannationalist9107]

Poor people love to make excuses for the failures instead of getting their fat asses to work.

[@braziliannationalist9107]

@@D33Lux I guessing you're just a coward who sits in your safe space outside of the real world trash talking real men that fight for their country

[@cullenhollowayiv1816]

@@braziliannationalist9107 I'm guessing your a slave to your goverment and brainwahed

[@braziliannationalist9107]

@@cullenhollowayiv1816 I'm guessing you're a pathetic and weak shadow of a man. I wonder which one is the brainwashed one

[@cullenhollowayiv1816]

@@braziliannationalist9107 your not even close to a man your a slave to your government

[@Anklebreaker9]

imagine playing paintball in that place

[@wolfybeats1927]

lmao i thought i was the only one

[@kankuro12]

airsoft battle would be perfect

[@TheGourbit]

i think like that about every place i go to

[@dparag14]

kamal istabouly that place was in the grand tour season 1.

[@weiss240]

Same Lmao. 'Haunted Mansion' ? Would make a sweet arena for some airsoft XD

[@njathifrancis]

>Shows a Javelin (anti-tank weapon) >Talks about it doing major damage >Shows footage of a missile hitting a ship Did they do any research ?

[@jacobisaacs600]

New Guy47 it’s a super anti child missile face detecting software ak47 semi full auto assault weapon craft.

[@blinmann7007]

>CNN >Shows a Arabian holding a AKM >Shows footage of a destroyed T-55 >Banning AR’s in US

[@mikearthut781]

Francis Njathi it was a FISH TANK dummy !

[@lukethomas5796]

@6:22 1. "Dont shoot the Baby" ... 2. "Thats right..." ~glares in flashbacks~ BRUUUH.

[@VerballyCopulating]

"Victory will be ours." Wait, all 300 of us?

[@Slippindisc]

"Now when he says successful, what he really means is it's great at destroying stuff." Well, thanks for that fearless narrator. Had no idea that's what he meant about the Javelin Missile.

[@daniyalamed2960]

"Billions upon Billions of taxpayer money to fuck shit up" Best lime in the whole video.

[@okultra_exe9240]

+Daniyal Amed yes that was a very good green citrus fruit indeed

[@danieltroger1761]

Wow, that was a heck of an impressive video! I like the interviewer for putting importance on what these weapons are going to be used for

[@mordechaikwekunyamekye1072]

Yo, you guys at vice have done a great job with this eye opening stuff. This is great stuff. You should do more of these. Serious work.

[@Martoto94]

One of America's only Allies? What about Egypt, Israel, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudia Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar?

[@MarksAwesomeness]

Mart kenyon Yup Vice News... Interesting to watch but really shittily put together

[@thitran1362]

he said "one of" not the only

[@daveb5041]

*Out of all of those people there only one had not taken a bribe in his life ... of less then $10,000.*

[@markmyjohnson51]

Dave B m h

[@jrsultan3040]

What?

[@Studio23Media]

"It's such a good story!" Jennifer please stop. You're not convincing us.

[@thatguyoverthere2295]

“Ex marine and Iraq war veteran” *point gun straight at cameraman*

[@jancovanderwesthuizen8070]

Sheeeiiit, do I have to be a general to get in there?

[@Megalith555]

In Indonesia, we have a similar event called "Indo Defence". The first 2 - 3 days are for VVIPs and VIPs only like those generals, businessman, etc where the main business also would be conducted while the last several days are open for the public to see. And yes, the atmosphere, and the participants is very similar to what the journalist describe SOFEX.

[@bilibiliism]

@@Megalith555 In china, the similar event was called 珠海防务展, and it was opened to public as well.

[@swish007]

war.. war never changes

[@coolguy33385]

Bum bum.............BUUUUUUUUUUUUUM!!!!!

[@brian-us6vw]

metal gear reference ;o

[@crystalball020]

brian 5 l no fall out

[@brian-us6vw]

Actually the quote is located in the beginning of metal gear Solid 3

[@swish007]

it's in a couple of games actually haha i think it's also in one of the Call of Duty games

[@Alex-cw3rz]

3:46 I bet that Evergreen Container blocking the special ops normal path.

[@GucciManecubus]

Right when he said "security: I see a dude with a condition 4 rifle LMAOOOOOOOO.

[@Mitjitsu]

So foreign aid is essentially a subsidy for the military industrial complex.

[@override367]

yeeeeeep, very little of it is actually spent feeding people

[@MrSkinnn]

Mitjitsu Oh Yeah ,,, let's do the math. Print up $$ (that the American public is on the hook for - the debt), transfer those $$ to foreign powers ("aid") who in turn buy weapons systems from our American Military Industrial elite mega rich . . . making our super rich even more powerful..... OR, you can invent a reason to go to war like the Bush2/Cheney crime family did and transfer $3.5 trillion to the same mega rich for war machinery, transport & support systems. We're fucked. Fascists own our government.

[@wdavis6814]

Mitjitsu Foreign aid doesn't go to Jordan, our military spending does.

[@jesusf.2600]

YUP ASK SHITSRAEL.

[@johngalonska5753]

you could say that

[@searay83]

I would love to get tickets to SOFEX! looks so awesome!

[@trickyfoxx6941]

lol looking at these comments most would pay to not have a ticket finally I find the one damn comment that agrees with me let's go together lol i want a damn javelin and one of those tricked out heli's with the gatling guns

[@idontknow6354]

Can I come

[@stickypopful9352]

***** isis have other instrucs to follow.

[@stickypopful9352]

wish i could kill some isis-freaks with an mg42 machinegun!

[@9justify]

Sticky Popful aattp.org/christian-beheads-roommate-because-he-was-practicing-witchcraft-religious-right-silent/

[@Jack-tm4er]

14:40 I love how the chinese guy was unfamiliar with the word "News"

[@hotpockethunter4886]

Jack I think he knows what the word news means, I believe that he was scared shitless to talk about Chinese weapons to an American news station.

[@azraelbatosi]

I really wish more media would have the balls VICE has to report on all the weird, crazy things that happen on earth...but so many of the VICE reporters ruin how awesome VICE’s ideas are by essentially being horribly biased and/or terrible reporters...so...I’m torn, though, those two failings are endemic to modern media in general. This video, though, really awesome

[@Imabeatyouman]

azraelbatosi vice sold its soul and lost the anti establishment vibe

[@nvls5393]

At 11:02, the subtitles say "We sell other stuff." But it's actually "We sell Antonov."

[@SilverMiraii]

It's fun and games now, but it gets real if you're in a country like syria minding your own bussiness, and one of the rebels is playing with rockets and your family gets killed in front of you. I've seen videos of the reality of war, that changed my mind about guns, I used to love guns, thought they're so cool, but now, I hate guns, I despise them, seeing a real person getting shot several times, sitting out in the open, with his buddies unable to go help him, while he is getting shot, on and on and on, and still living until after many minutes he finally dies in agony in the open like an animal, that makes it real, it's suddenly not a game anymore. But hey, that's the reality we live in, some people are fucked up in the head, we have to defend ourselves from them

[@holeefuk5925]

This is why most countries really don't care about whats going on over there... Lets say Canada attacked the US or Scotland attacked the UK they would know what you all are going through... It doesn't effect them so they could care less... All this war and hating each other is going to be the end of the world.... Its all starting if people would wake up and look at the big picture...The middle east was doing just fine until the world was lied to about Iraq.. That was the start of all this bullshit..

[@jepeve]

...with guns.

[@theoldcookiemonster]

And it all really stems from greed

[@suspicioususer]

Ho Lee Fuk You mean, The Middle East was doing just fine until WW1. Stop pretending that the US caused all major wars since the beginning of time

[@yoyobros100]

Ho Lee Fuk actually they weren't doing fine at all like at all

[@SaintJohnYT]

*He keeps saying "And you can just buy it", thats not the case. That event isnt a supermarket for weapons, countries still have to go through all the legal ways of obtaining said items. Its more of an Interactive Art Gallery than a shopping mall.*

[@johnkarls2132]

Some how these weapons no matter what get into the hands of individuals to kill; that's why they were invented: Humanity invents reasons to have war and killing when other means that are non violent could be used to solve political problems!!!

[@maxbowen6482]

It's a trade show. There's a trade show for every industry in the world this one just sells weapons system etc

[@Vidhur]

SaintJohn VICE is ultraleft, they are against weapons, these kind of videos promote their anti-gun rhetoric in the USA. Just like all the big media outlets, they enforce their political views through their content. Best way to watch VICE is turning sound off completely for non-political visual education documentaries. VICE produces excellent visual content, if they left their political polarisation to the left out of it, they would be THE best documentary producer.

[@skeetrix5577]

@@Vidhur yup. whenever I watch vice I always know when they are trying to push their stupid leftist agenda. most people dont tho. godspeed my friend

[@Vidhur]

@@skeetrix5577 To you too bud, besides VICE's agenda they always have impeccable visuals, we've got to credit them for that.

[@etienne2069]

Kind of scary to think North Korea can buy Heli there...11:06 or anything for bad users...

[@Izak213]

North Korea wasn't invited and haven't been invited. They just copy them.

[@ibrahimyange1528]

@ben yosep They can harm their own citizens

[@ibrahimyange1528]

@ben yosep They have liberty and freedom in the US and they don't worship a pig excuse of a man and the most of all they don't starve their citizens.

[@mpjopatv401]

Theres where smuggled right after the korean war

[@ibrahimyange1528]

@Zaid Saad Many lobbyists have been duked in several elections and no one was sent to internment camps. The gun lobbyists are having a taught time also but you done see people getting persecuted

[@JohnDoe-bx9qy]

*Shows up gun expo* I came for the ambience.

[@rotraven]

Glad to see Yemen's invests are paying off.

[@thomasemond2173]

KokaKolaKan sarcasm?

[@Tiger-lg5of]

Peasants in skirts and old sandles beating top US weapons . Vietnam Afghanistan all over again.

[@politicallyabstract6559]

13:37 - So, essentially, the U.S. is giving the weapons industry even more tax-payer money.

[@user-sc4hv8qe6f]

Yes.

[@dennisbarnes9317]

It's a great way to start a company. God bless trumps America

[@randomeastasian347]

@@dennisbarnes9317 This has been going on since before Trump moron

[@thebestbuisnesscyan4184]

aww, this had me with a smile on my face, does anyone know were in the uk I can join to get into this business?

[@tuorex96]

First of all welcome to my country . Secondly let me say i couldn't be more proud as a jordanian because sofex is just an example showing how safe and stable my country is . And how strong the jordan's armed forces are , the same forces that are protecting Syrian refugees from bashar alasad and prevented many terrorist attacks from happening But most importantly they humiliated Israel and kicked it's ass hard back in 1968 . And we're more than ready to do it again .

[@AlbanZap]

Humiliated Israel? are you kidding? Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Iraq all tried to destroy Israel, a tiny little country of less than 3 million people... and they lost... IN SIX DAYS. Israel captured many territories and only 900 Israelis died... 16,000 of the opposing forces died. Israel humiliated the entire middle-east... they beat 4 countries with populations much bigger than them in a few days.

[@1serhiy]

AlbanZap Are you stupid? the six day war happened over 40 years ago, it has no effect on the situation today. secondly at the time Israel had a very small military, but it was supplemented by massive amounts of american Aid and soldiers, so Its more fair to say the six day war was the middle east vs america. and lets not forget that all these countries where using inferior soviet technology, which isn't even comparable to what is shown in this video.

[@MrGDY74]

I understand the love and should I say patriotism you have for your country..But the fact is that Israel is still alive and better then ever...And with US behide them thats not going to change anytime soon...

[@AlbanZap]

1serhiy I was simply correcting the OP, if you bothered to read he was talking about the six day war... Idiot.

[@tuorex96]

Роже Бэлроз ThX . besides it just happens that pope Francis is in Jordan today . I think that tells something about my country .

[@bobbrown6373]

Good ol days when vice was good

[@novelas3536]

sofullofpiss I agree with the OP, but that shit was funny. 😂

[@danielcuevas5899]

Bob Brown You know it's funny. People were saying that even when this video first came out. Some things never change.

[@w4tch0ut10]

You meant to say when their videos matched with your ideals. Vice is good when they have your opinion and bad when you can't agree with them?

[@RaidsEpicly]

I dunno, I thought the topic of this was really interesting (never heard of it until now) but the actual reporting was pretty garbage

[@NitroDubzzz]

W4tch0ut they went from “check out this crazy shit in Africa and South America that no one knows or talks about” to “whitey is evil and transsexuals are oppressed”. Yea quality has dropped tremendously and I have no doubt it’s because they decided to play into leftist talking points. You can see that their quality has dropped when you check that their most viewed content is 3-4 years old except for one video that really marked vice’s decline. They went from a journalistic group that goes where no one else does to the numale CNN. They’ve sold out

[@traxxasbro5604]

I would love to attend this, god damn!

[@starcitizen345]

Vice, please become good again, really used to love these programs.

[@tomharris155]

im off to buy shares

[@markmyjak7739]

Tom Harris GD, Raytheon and Lockheed are doing well. There's always profit in war. I was parts of Lord of War, this was recommended.

[@waminette]

Raytheon shares will go up as long at the world is at unrest

[@clypt.]

Vice are probably the only truly legit journalists left...

[@snatchface8]

rolling stone has some good investigative stuff too

[@lefrancoQC]

Well, no more..

[@franklinvonfrankenstein1137]

Lmao nooo they are hipster CNN, both owned by Time Warner. Better than other mainstream media but it's still blatant American propaganda.

[@letsdude1616]

This video is interesting, gave me some more insights into the military industrial complex

[@chrissanders541]

its like the greatest place ever, thanks for sharing,

[@clough211]

paintball heaven

[@DAFallen23]

The next CQB Paintball

[@aidenhall8593]

Lord of war anyone?

[@cizzlen07]

One of the greatest movies ever made and produced. Thank you for mentioning

[@josephwilliams3070]

Thanks for mentioning, nice movie

[@monstablyat8190]

This occurred to me at 11:04

[@skeetrix5577]

@@monstablyat8190 what use can a former military helicopter be used for except for humanitarian missions? oh so you're a humanitarian why yes!

[@shadowhunter388]

In case some of you didn't know "VBS" is made by the same guys that make ArmA game series. VBS 2's civilian market is ArmA 2 iirc.

[@mho...]

the ARMA guys never tried to hide that fact atall!

[@Guy.B]

This looks like a place I would want to visit.

[@juanruvalcaba1823]

this complex is like Disney for soldiers lol

[@antonioarcano7989]

Wao, this is so impressive..... and info on all sides not on only one. This is why i love VICE.

[@AFpaleoCon]

Happy to be a part of it

[@InternetOverdose]

They are meeting up there and then on the battlefield. Life is crazy.

[@mukkaar]

Chinese never give any answers to sensitive matters :D Too much freaking pressure from government.

[@44ced91]

true

[@joseg5035]

Ya neither does the US, ask them why bldg7 collapsed.

[@MrElis420]

+Jose S Garcia You still believe that truther bullshit? Wow lol

[@HerrSchrodinger]

Don't blame them for freaking out when he said he was a journalist. Getting caught saying the wrong thing can get you sent up shit creek there.

[@yeastori]

that same guy probably got taken to a Chinese gulag just for being in the video

[@Jonayofsweden]

8:42 best part of the whole documentary

[@fergaldownes]

Heya buddy, extremely good stream that you have here. Nice one.

[@thepyrotechnicpenguin4846]

is this where that grand tour episode was filmed?

[@GhanasyamSajeesh]

Yes, it was. Queen was extracted from the plane and dropped to the Embassy.