Officially, Spain announced a military embargo on Israel as if strategy were a microphone and virtue were a supply chain.

Yet the country attempting this performance is carrying roughly €1.66 trillion in public debt—over 100% of GDP and governs like a debtor trying to lecture a weapons lab. Moral posturing is cheap; sustaining armed forces is not.

Operationally, the Army took the first hit when Madrid abruptly cancelled pivotal contracts tied to Israeli systems. Two flagship modernization efforts — the SILAM high-mobility rocket launcher program and the procurement of Spike LR2 anti-tank missile systems — were scrapped, together valued at about €1 billion, leaving planned upgrades to ground combat firepower in limbo.

Further, the embargo went granular and ugly: the Spanish Defence Ministry annulled up to 19 separate contracts tied to Israeli equipment, directly affecting the Spanish Army of Spain, the Naval forces, and the........

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