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spain hopes that its defense industry will take the lead in equipment manufacturing, and to achieve this goal, the spanish government supports major projects being carried out by its military enterprises. however, two plans aimed at giving spain a strategic position in the defense industry have been delayed, making it difficult to achieve the planned goals.

during the construction process of the spanish s-80 submarine, major mistakes such as "tonnage calculation errors" occurred.

the latest problems have arisen with the s-80 class submarines built by navantia at its cartagena plant, where defense secretary margarita robles visited this week to voice her concerns.

according to reports, to understand this problem, we need to go back 20 years. at that time, spain hoped to independently build a submarine using the latest technology. the ministry of defense and navantia shipyard signed a contract to build four multi-purpose submarines, and stipulated that the first submarine should be delivered in 2011.

in 2011, the shipyard was forced to modify the dock to accommodate the submarine. as the work progressed, the size of the submarine had to change. the increase in size of the submarine increased its weight, which in turn caused buoyancy problems for the submarine.

in 2023, the first s-80 class submarine was finally delivered to the spanish navy. the navy is still testing it and it has not yet been fully put into use.

the report said that the delivery of the submarine once ignited the hope of the spanish navy. however, the second s-80 class submarine was originally scheduled to be delivered at the end of this year, but it has now been confirmed that it will not be delivered on time. it is reported that the delivery time is one year later than originally planned. this has also caused difficulties for rotations and training within the navy.

another major project that has made robles and the spanish military uneasy is the "dragon" 8×8 wheeled armored vehicle.

in 2015, the government signed an agreement with theis defense to produce the vehicle. the spanish army ordered 348 vehicles of this type, which are scheduled to be delivered within three years to replace the old vehicles of the same type used in the past. however, only seven vehicles of this type were delivered by december 2022. army sources confirmed to the newspaper that they have not received more vehicles of this type, and there is no news of their delivery in the near future.