Earlier this year, the Spanish Ministry of Defense announced its intention to purchase 260 Spike launchers and 2550 Spike L-R missiles from Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.
Now it has been published that the Ministry has committed €1.8 billion ($2.1 billion) of funding for a series of special armament programs, and as part of the massive defense acquisitions, Spain would purchase such missiles and missile launchers with funding now falling under core defense budget.