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NATO agency orders Stinger anti-aircraft missiles for $700 million, Stoltenberg says

2024.07.09 14:18

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A Ukrainian serviceman holds a Stinger anti-aircraft missile at a position in a front line in Mykolaiv region, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, Ukraine August 11, 2022.  REUTERS/Anna Kudriavtseva/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NATO has placed an order for Stinger anti-aircraft missiles worth almost $700 million dollars in the name of several member states, the alliance’s Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday.

“Just today, the (NATO procurement agency) NSPA signed a new multinational contract for Stinger missiles worth almost 700 million dollars,” he told a gathering of defence industry leaders on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Washington.



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