{"id":1850,"date":"2026-07-14T20:55:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T20:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arabnewsmonitor.com\/2026\/07\/14\/france-licenses-missile-production-in-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T20:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T20:55:07","slug":"france-licenses-missile-production-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/?p=1850","title":{"rendered":"France licenses missile production in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kiev will be allowed to manufacture cruise missiles, glide bombs, and interceptors on its soil, French President Emmanuel Macron has said<\/strong><\/p>\n

France will grant Ukraine licenses to produce missiles and bombs on its soil, French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Monday.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a \u2018Coalition of the Willing\u2019 summit in Paris, Macron said the agreements would allow Ukraine to manufacture Aster 30 interceptor missiles, AASM glide bombs and SCALP-EG cruise missiles under license.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have agreed on licensing agreements for new capabilities,\u201d<\/em> he told reporters, adding that the move \u201cwill allow us to produce these capabilities much more quickly with our Ukrainian partners and on Ukrainian soil.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The AASM and SCALP-EG have already been supplied to Kiev and have been widely used by Ukrainian forces, including in strikes on Russian civilian targets<\/a>, according to Moscow.<\/p>\n

Macron also said additional Franco-Italian SAMP\/T air defense batteries and Aster interceptors would be delivered to Ukraine in the coming weeks. He added that 16 Rafale fighter jets are expected to arrive in 2028-2029.<\/p>\n

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Bulgaria pulls out of coalition of Ukraine backers<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The \u2018Coalition of the Willing\u2019 is a France- and UK-led group of countries pushing for security guarantees for Kiev, including for deployment of troops in Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire \u2013 something which Russia has repeatedly warned it will not tolerate.<\/p>\n

Nine participating countries also launched an Anti-Ballistic Missile Coalition aimed at building a European integrated air defense network using shared industrial capacity, amid shortages of US-made Patriot interceptors due to the Ukraine and Iran conflicts.<\/p>\n

The Kremlin has repeatedly condemned the coalition as \u201ca group of countries that doesn\u2019t want peace [and] wants the war to continue.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Russian attacks capable of penetrating all Ukrainian defenses \u2013 MOD<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThis is a coalition of the deluded and a coalition of warmongers,\u201d<\/em> presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.<\/p>\n

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said last month that NATO members were turning Ukraine into a \u201ctesting ground\u201d<\/em> for Western military technologies.<\/p>\n

Several EU states reportedly began moving parts of their military production to Ukraine after the Russian Defense Ministry published<\/a> what it said were the locations of European companies manufacturing drone components for Kiev. Moscow warned in March that European leaders were \u201cdragging their countries into a war with Russia.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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