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Norway buys US-made air defence missiles for over $360 million

Published 10/28/2024, 06:21 AM
Updated 10/28/2024, 12:07 PM
© Reuters. AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air intercept missiles are wheeled past fighter jets on the deck of the USS Kitty Hawk in the northern Persian Gulf March 10, 2003/File Photo
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Norway has agreed with U.S. authorities to buy air defence missiles for more than 4 billion Norwegian crowns ($363 million), the Norwegian military said on Monday.

The contract agreed between the Norwegian and U.S. governments covers the AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM), made by RTX Corporation, a spokesperson for the Norwegian Defence Material Agency said.

"With more and newer missiles, the Norwegian Armed Forces will have a better ability to protect Norway against air attacks," Norway's Defence Minister Bjoern Arild Gram said in a statement.

The Nordic country, which is a member of the NATO military alliance and shares a border with Russia, has vowed to ramp up defence spending following Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

The missiles are primarily intended for Norway's ground-based air defence system but can also be included in the weapons inventory of F-35A fighter aircraft, the Defence Material Agency said.

© Reuters. AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air intercept missiles are wheeled past fighter jets on the deck of the USS Kitty Hawk in the northern Persian Gulf March 10, 2003/File Photo

The purchase is among the largest single procurements of weapons ever made for the Norwegian Armed Forces, the agency said.

($1 = 11.0220 Norwegian crowns)

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