Bulgaria To Buy IRIS-T SLM Ground-Based Air Defenses

IRIS-T SLM

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Bulgaria looks set to join the list of European countries investing in their ground-based air defense, with plans to acquire Diehl’s IRIS-T SLM medium-range air defense system. Sofia’s defense committee voted in favor of spending 356 million Bulgarian lev (€182 million) on the IRIS-T SLM system and...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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