COPENHAGEN, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Norway has agreed with

U.S. authorities to buy AIM-120C-8 AMRAAM air defence missiles

for more than 4 billion Norwegian crowns ($362.91 million), the

Norwegian military said on Monday.

"With more and newer missiles, the Norwegian Armed Forces

will have a better ability to protect Norway against air

attacks," Norway's Defence Minister Bjoern Arild Gram said in a

statement from the Norwegian Defence Material Agency.

The missiles are primarily intended for Norway's

ground-based air defence system, but can also be included in the

weapons inventory of F-35A fighter aircraft, the agency said.

The procurement was among the largest single

procurements of weapons ever made for the Norwegian Armed

Forces, according to the agency.

Norway, which is a member of NATO and shares a border

with Russia, has vowed to ramp up defence spending following

Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

($1 = 11.0220 Norwegian crowns)