Norway agreed with US on purchase of missiles for air defense and fighter jets

By Alimat Aliyeva

Norway and the United States have reached an agreement on the sale of American AIM-120 AMRAAM anti-aircraft missiles to Oslo, which can also be used as anti-aircraft missiles for launching from the ground, Azernews reports.

The ministry said that this is one of the largest military purchases ever carried out for the Norwegian Armed Forces.
"The Norwegian armed forces with a more significant number of new missiles will be able to better protect the country from air attacks," Defense Minister Bjorn Arild Gram said in a statement.

The contract amount is 362 million dollars. Initially, they wanted to put missiles on ground-based air defense systems, but they can also be used as air-to-air weapons. In particular, they can be equipped with F-35 fighter-bombers.

AIM-120 AMRAAM "Slammer" is an all-weather guided medium-range air-to-air missile manufactured by Raytheon, USA. It is designed to hit aerial targets beyond the line of sight of the target. In addition to the United States, it is in service with the Air Forces of Great Britain, Germany and a number of other NATO member countries, being the main armament of the F-15C, F-15E, F-16, F/A-18C/D, F/A-18E/F, F-22 fighters.