Belgium Plans €3 Billion Purchase of US Missiles for F-35 Jets and Air Defence
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The Defense will acquire American missiles Amraam for a maximum amount of 3.69 billion dollars, write Saturday L'Echo and De Tijd in their columns. These weapons will come equip the F-35 combat aircraft and the Belgian anti-aircraft batteries. ...
The Ministry of Defence is going to buy a large number of American missiles, both for the F-35 fighter jets and for our air defense. The amount involved could run into more than 3 billion euros, ‘De Tijd’ and ‘L’Echo’ reported on Saturday.
Belgium plans to buy US missiles worth several billion euros to strengthen its air force and air defense systems, Belgian newspapers De Tijd and L'Echo reported. The report comes from the Belga agency. The Belgian government has asked the United States for approval to buy weapons worth up to $3.69 billion (€3.14 billion), according to documents from the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency. The order includes AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles manufactur…
In November 2022, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), then responsible for U.S. military equipment exports through the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program, approved the potential sale to Belgium of 120 AIM-120C8 AMRAAM (Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles) for an estimated $380 million. The proposed sale will "strengthen..." This article, "Belgium Considers Ordering U.S. AMRAAM Air-to-Air Missiles for $3.69 Billion," first app…
Belgium wants to buy American AMRAAM missiles for the F-35 and NASAMS systems for 3.14 billion euros. It is also in the game to move part of the missile production directly to the country.
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