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 "slug": "latvia-slovakia-tatra-morana-howitzers-rocket-artillery-safe-agreement",
 "title": "Latvia, Slovakia and Tatra Defence Systems Sign a Trilateral Agreement for Morana 155 mm Howitzers and Rocket Artillery — SAFE Financing",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/latvia-slovakia-tatra-morana-howitzers-rocket-artillery-safe-agreement/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/latvia-slovakia-tatra-morana-howitzers-rocket-artillery-safe-agreement/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-09-30T17:18:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-10-02T17:19:01.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRiga, 30 September 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Latvia's defence ministry, the government of Slovakia and the Czech company Tatra Defence Systems signed a trilateral agreement on 30 September for the supply of 155 mm Morana artillery systems; the agreement \"also covers the supply of rocket artillery systems\", type not named\n * The ministry plans to finance it through SAFE, the EU's EUR 150 billion defence loan instrument; gradual localisation of production in Latvia is \"an important condi",
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  "ground-defense",
  "nato-eu-defense-initiatives"
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 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
  "bae-systems",
  "sweden"
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