France, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia and Hungary signed a letter of intent for the joint purchase of the French Mistral air defense systems, two sources aware of the matter said. | Reuters
French soldiers carry a very short range air defense weapon system Mistral manufactured by MBDA during a live mobility demonstration to present the France’s military capabilities in Versailles, near Paris, France, October 8, 2020. REUTERS FILE PHOTO
PARIS — France, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia and Hungary signed a letter of intent for the joint purchase of the French Mistral air defense systems, two sources aware of the matter said on Monday. The deal was a sign France was making progress in convincing some of its European allies to look at home-grown, Made in Europe systems, instead of procuring from outside Europe, as Germany has advocated under its so-called European Sky Shield initiativeThe sources said the letter was signed at the start of a defense ministers meeting in Paris aimed at coordinating European efforts to enhance air defense capabilities across the continent after Russia invaded Ukraine.
Germany upset France last October when it announced a plan with 14 NATO allies to purchase systems that were partly from the U.S. and Israel, in a drive to protect allied territory from missile attacks following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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