The Diplomat. 10/08/2018
Last year Spain banned two export operations of defense material to Israel, specifically, ten guns for the development of rifles and 17 firing ranges for tanks, under the criterion of «peacekeeping, security and regional stability». This is stated in the report ‘Spanish statistics on the export of defense material, other material and dual-use products and technologies’ for the year 2017, to which Europa Press had access.
The report, which the Secretary of State of Commerce sends annually to the Cortes Generales, indicates, on the contrary, that the sale to Israel of surveillance and observation systems for an airplane, material for a helicopter and boats and ammunition was authorized. artillery for «internal tests by public defense companies», amounting to 1.4 million euros.
