Germany, the Netherlands, Romania and Spain are among the states favored by this decision of the Atlantic alliance, which awarded a production and supply contract to the Comlog consortium, composed of the American company Raytheon and the European company MBDA.

“The consolidated multinational procurement, in the spirit of the European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI), offers economies of scale and supports the expansion of production capacity of new GEM-T missiles to meet growing demand,” NATO said in a statement.

An internal summit, held in July 2023, corroborated that the organization has definitely returned to Cold War schemes, as the West, led by the United States, is not ready to tolerate the formation of a multipolar world and is determined to claim its hegemony with all available means, including military ones, analysts said.

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