DefenceTalkPolish Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz on Monday said he would ink a letter of intent with US defense firm Raytheon to buy a Patriot missile system valued at an estimated 5 billion euros ($5.6 billion). The EU member’s previous government had said in April it planned to buy the Patriot system, but soon after coming […]https://www.defencetalk.com/poland-moves-towards-multi-billion-euro-patriot-missile-deal-67772/

DefenceTalkTurkey has cancelled a multi-billion-dollar deal with China to build its first anti-missile system that had alarmed Ankara’s allies in NATO, a Turkish official said on Sunday. “The deal was cancelled,” the official from Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu’s office told AFP. “One of the main reasons is that we will launch our own national missile […]https://www.defencetalk.com/turkey-cancels-3-4-bln-missile-deal-with-china-65838/

DefenceTalkTurkey said Saturday it was open to new bids in its plan to acquire its first long-range anti-missile system, should its controversial negotiations with China come to nothing. “It is not a finalized deal yet. If US and European companies make us better offers, we will continue to talk with them,” said Foreign Minister Ahmet […]https://www.defencetalk.com/turkey-open-to-new-bids-for-anti-missile-system-49494/

DefenceTalkOn March 6th 2013, the SAMP/T system scored a new success. A joint team of French and Italian crew operating 2 French Air Force SAMP/T units conducted a test fire against a ballistic threat. This was the third time that SAMP/T proceeded to a test firing against such type of threat, the second time by […]https://www.defencetalk.com/mbda-details-latest-eurosam-sampt-firing-success-47108/