Procurement ready for medium-range air defense for Estonia, Latvia

• Published date: 28 July 2022
• Publication title: LETA

TALLINN, July 28 (LETA--BNS) - The Estonian Center for Defense Investment (RKIK) has essentially made all the necessary preparations for the acquisition of medium-range air defense with Latvia and the corresponding procurement could even be announced as early as tomorrow but the Defense Ministry's initial plan to submit a concrete recommendation to the government this week is to be postponed and the decision on funding may not materialize until during the state budget strategy deliberations this fall, Postimees reports.

In March this year, Estonia's previous government decided to allocate 600 million euros to national defense and internal security, and agreed that Estonia is to acquire medium-range air defense capability by 2025 at the latest for an estimated cost of 350 million euros. The ministry had four months to draw up a plan and present the possible purchase options to the...