The Armaments Corporation of South Africa (Armscor), the state agency responsible for the procurement and export of military equipment for the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), is in disarray. The African Aerospace and Defence Expo (AAD) held last month in Pretoria, the first after a four-year hiatus (AI, 16/09/22), was supposed to restore its image and more broadly that of the South African defence industry. But this half-hearted event,