Europe Races to Build Its Own Long-Range Missiles After Trump Scraps US Deployment Plan
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Cooperation with Ukraine, purchase of long-range missiles from Turkey, production of Tomahawk in Germany itself, ideas multiply to respond to the very probable non-installation of American systems in GermanyThe new one is still not formalized by Washington but, in Berlin, there is little illusion. Donald Trump's United States will certainly not station medium- and long-range missiles Tomahawk, Dark Eagle hypersonic missiles and SM-6 anti-aircraf…
Europe Races to Build Its Own Long-Range Missiles After Trump Scraps US Deployment Plan
German defense giant Rheinmetall is launching cruise missile production with Destinus as European countries push to close defense gaps after the US reversed plans to deploy long-range missiles in Germany.
The Ruta Block 2 missile can strike enemy targets at a range of 700 kilometers. German defense giant Rheinmetall is launching its own cruise missile production in partnership with Destinus. This will help Europe close defense gaps following the change in US policy, according to RBC-Ukraine, citing the Financial Times. Read also: Wars are no longer profitable: Why shares of European and US defense industry giants are falling. The project is calle…
According to The Financial Times, the project, called Rheinmetall Destinus Strike Systems, will begin producing cruise missiles and ballistic missile artillery in late 2026 or early 2027. The two companies announced this as Rheinmetall announced its first-quarter results on Thursday.
For the time being, the USA is not stationing any Tomahawk Marsh missiles in Germany. Berlin is looking for alternatives. An overview of the options.
President Donald Trump of the United States abandoned the plan adopted at the time of Joe Biden's administration, which was to enable Europe to strike targets on Russian territory. After the change, Berlin and other European capitals intensified the search for alternative solutions and accelerated work on their own high-quality long-range systems, writing Financial Times, for example, the leading German defense agency, Rheinmetall, plans to star…
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