Spain's Council of Ministers Approves AIM-120-C8 Missile Purchase Valued at 114.4 Million Euros
Spain's Council of Ministers approved on October 27 a Ministry of Defence contract for the acquisition of AIM-120-C8 missiles, with an estimated contract value of 114,426,000 euros, according to the official reference of the meeting published by the Presidency of the Government.
The AIM-120 is a family of medium-range air-to-air missiles, and the C8 is one of its current variants, used by the fighter aircraft of Spain's Air and Space Force. The Council of Ministers authorised the contract under defence procurement procedures, with the amount shown as its estimated value.
The same Council of Ministers adopted further decisions that day, including instalment payments to the World Bank's International Development Association replenishment, transport subsidy funding for Ceuta and other territories, and grants for the vocational training centres of excellence network.
Defence procurement forms part of Spain's ongoing equipment modernisation programme, with major contracts approved item by item by the Council of Ministers before execution by the Ministry of Defence.
Source: Presidency of the Government, Spain
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Photo: 图：AIM-120空对空导弹。Balon Greyjoy 摄，Wikimedia Commons，CC0。 / Photo: An AIM-120 air-to-air missile. Photo by Balon Greyjoy, Wikimedia Commons, CC0.
