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 "title": "France's 2027 Defence Budget Assigns EUR 1.5 Billion of Commitments to a Ground-Launched Ballistic Missile",
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 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-10-02T19:29:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-10-06T19:29:31.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParis, 2 October 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * The 2027 performance annex (PAP) for the Défense mission of the draft finance law assigns EUR 1.5 billion of commitment authorisations to the Missile Balistique Terrestre (MBT), France's planned ground-launched ballistic missile, under programme 146, Équipement des forces\n * Of that, EUR 79.34 million is to be engaged in 2027, for \"preparatory work\" and price adjustments, and EUR 65.2 million paid; EUR 88.24 million assigned earlier was still ",
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