Spain 's Defense Ministry has suspended the license of an Israeli company intending to manufacture missiles in Spain, local media reported on Tuesday afternoon.

The missiles were intended to equip the Army and Marine Corps units.

Pap-Tecnos is the Spanish subsidiary of the Israeli firm Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, and had been awarded a €285 million contract to develop 168 firing points and 1,680 Spike LR2 anti-tank missiles.

Last Friday, Spanish Secretary of State for Defense Amparo Valcarce stated that the government was working on "disengagement plans" to avoid depending on Israel "in any way."

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The original contract, which was awarded to Pap-Tecnos, was issued on October 3, 2023 - days before Hamas's southern Israel invasion kickstarted a

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