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Hungarian Defense Minister Tibor Benko signed a memorandum of understanding on the acquisition of Advanced Medium-Range Missile Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) with US Ambassador David Cornstein, reports the Hungarian news agency MTI.
According to Cornstein, the acquisition of missiles from the American company Raytheon Technologies is Hungary’s largest defense agreement with the United States.
According to him, this acquisition “will modernize Hungary’s air defense capabilities and allow it to move away from the current Soviet system.”
In recent years, the government of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has increased funding for defense. 2013 reaching only 0.95 percent. Gross domestic product (GDP) defense financing reached 1.21 percent last year. GDP.
Despite the agreement, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who is visiting Central Europe this week, will not visit Hungary. In other countries, he will discuss the deployment of US troops and the influence of China and Russia in the region.
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