Overview

• The Defense Ministry has revoked the license for Pap-Tecnos to produce 168 Spike LR2 anti-tank missile systems, halting a contract valued at €285 million approved in October 2023.
• The revocation marks a crucial step in Spain’s push for defense autonomy under the €10.471 billion Industrial Defense Plan and follows announced “plans of disconnection” from Israeli technology.
• Officials are evaluating U.S. and French alternatives to the Spike LR2, notably the FGM-148 Javelin and France’s MMP missile systems, to equip the Army and Marine Infantry.
• Spain will proceed with the SILAM multiple-rocket launcher project but will redesign it using exclusively domestic technology instead of components from Elbit Systems.
• Israel condemned the move as sacrificing security for political reasons, even as Spanish lawmakers advance a proposed embargo on arms deals with countries indicted for crimes against humanity.