Austria Plans Decision on Long-Range Missile Defense by 2028

PeoplePoliticians ♦ Published: March 14, 2025; 10:13 ♦ (Vindobona)

The Austrian government has set itself the goal of making a decision on the acquisition of a long-range air defense system by 2028.

Austria's Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner declared: “We must become capable of defending ourselves” / Picture: © Bundesheer Events / Flickr Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

This was announced by Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner (ÖVP) on Ö1-Morgenjournal, as reported by ORF. Given geopolitical uncertainties, particularly in the USA, she emphasized the need to strengthen Austria's defense capabilities.

“For us, this means that we must become capable of defending ourselves,” explained…