Italy and France agreed to jointly purchase about 700 Aster-30 anti-aircraft missiles for air defense systems supplied to Ukraine. newspaper reports Il Messaggero with a link to the source.
It is stated that not all missiles will be aimed at Kiev. Some of the lower ones will remain in the Italian and French arsenals.
According to the publication, on January 27, Italian and French defense ministers Guido Crosetto and Sebastien Lecornu discussed the technical details of the supply of air defense systems to Ukraine at a meeting in Rome.
Newspaper La Stampa In the statement made after the meeting, he said that there was no mention of the shipment of SAMP-T anti-aircraft missile systems. Italian diplomats told reporters that France wanted some more time. The official decision rests with Italian Prime Minister George Meloni and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Also in the meeting, Crosetto and Lecornu agreed on the production of new SAMP-T batteries. According to Il Messaggero, a battery costs around 800 million Euros.
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Source: Gazeta
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