Norway Signs Arms Contract with US, Buying Missiles for F-35s

The Norwegian Armed Forces have signed a landmark agreement with the US for the purchase of AMRAAM-D air-to-air missiles to the tune of NOK 5 billion ($500 million). The missiles will be mainly used to equip Norway’s new fleet of F-35 fighters.

Not only is it the single largest procurement of arms for the Norwegian Armed Forces ever, the Norwegian Ministry of Defense said, the medium-range AMRAAM-D is expected to be the main weapon of the country’s combat aircraft for decades to come, Sputnik reported.

“We are very pleased that Norway now also has access to such advanced missiles”, Defense Minister Bjørn Arild Gram said in a press release.