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 "slug": "belgium-226-7-million-mistral-3-manpads-465-missiles-mbda-five-nation-framework-1500",
 "title": "Belgium Places €226M Order for 465 Mistral 3 MANPADS Via French DGA; Part of Five-Nation MBDA Framework Targeting 1,500+ Missiles",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/belgium-226-7-million-mistral-3-manpads-465-missiles-mbda-five-nation-framework-1500/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/belgium-226-7-million-mistral-3-manpads-465-missiles-mbda-five-nation-framework-1500/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-03-03T22:34:00.000+01:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:52:59.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrussels, 3 March 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Belgium placed a €226.7 million ($263 million) order for 465 Mistral 3 very-short-range air defence missiles, contracted through France's Direction générale de l'armement (DGA) as the procurement authority; deliveries scheduled over the next six years\n * Belgian order forms part of a 2024 five-nation framework agreement to jointly acquire Mistral missiles produced by MBDA, with more than 1,500 missiles expected to be procured under the broade",
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  "defense-industry",
  "nato-eu-defense-initiatives",
  "iamd-air-missile-defense"
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 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
  "european-union",
  "france",
  "mbda",
  "russia",
  "ukraine"
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