site.btaDefence Ministers of Bulgaria, Germany Sign Programme Agreement for Joint Purchase of IRIS-T Missile Systems

Bulgarian caretaker Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov and his German counterpart Boris Pistorius signed a programme agreement between the defence ministries of the two countries for the joint purchase of IRIS-T SLM missile systems under the Memorandum of Understanding on the joint purchase of ground-based air defence systems within the framework of the European Sky Shield Initiative. The document was signed during a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Ramstein, Germany, on Friday, Zapryanov’s ministry said in a press release.