Tag: Spain
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The deal marks the first Saab radar bought through NATO’s purchasing arm.
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Strong growth and wary voters shape Madrid’s cautious defence stance.
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His warning followed NATO’s new 5% spending pledge, which Spain alone rejected.
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Buoyant exports underpinned a large trade surplus and wider economic gains.
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Madrid has proposed deploying fighters, a transport aircraft and a radar to a new NATO mission on the Alliance’s eastern flank.
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Work on the Royal Navy’s first Fleet Solid Support vessel is shifting to Cádiz as Belfast facilities fall behind schedule.
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Spain is working with Indra and Escribano on a plan to replace Israeli-licensed military systems after an embargo, combining domestic alternatives with interim foreign purchases. Spain’s government is consulting major defence firms on disconnecting equipment tied to Israel, with the veto covering direct contracts and Israeli-licensed products. Existing agreements have been cancelled or are being…
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Spain’s defence minister Margarita Robles ruled out reintroducing conscription, saying Spain will retain a professional military, as Germany pursues a draft law that could allow compulsory service under certain conditions. Speaking in Berlin alongside Germany’s defence minister Boris Pistorius, Robles said the central government would not bring back mandatory military service, contrasting Spain’s stance with…
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NATO estimates Spain has reached defence spending of 2% of gross domestic product in 2025, marking its first fulfilment of the benchmark set by the Alliance’s 2014 Wales summit. The assessment, published on Thursday from data up to 3 June, places Spain among the allies dedicating the smallest shares of GDP to defence, but concludes…
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Spain’s government has approved new defence spending aimed at strengthening secure communications and interoperability with NATO, the European Union, and other international partners. More than €500 million will be invested in communications systems for the Armed Forces on Spanish territory and in operational zones, as well as in ammunition for the Army and Navy to…