Germany revives effort to buy US Tomahawks, FT reports
Berlin is seeking long-range strike capability as it awaits a U.S. decision on a formal request for up to several hundred Tomahawks.
- Germany is renewing efforts to purchase Tomahawk cruise missiles from the U.S., according to the Financial Times.
- Berlin aims to convince the Trump administration to approve the sale of Tomahawks along with Typhon ground launchers.
- Germany's Defence Minister Boris Pistorius plans a Washington trip to revive the proposal for long-range missile systems submitted in July last year.
- The trip depends on Pistorius securing a meeting with U.S. counterpart Pete Hegseth, according to unnamed sources cited by the Financial Times.
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The Berlin coalition agrees: because the US is not stationing cruise missiles in Germany for the time being, they want to build them themselves.
After the USA's refusal to station Tomahawk missiles in Germany, the Federal Government is trying to find other solutions according to media reports.
The Federal Government is examining new defense options following the US announcement for the deployment of Tomahawk missiles. A joint venture for production in Germany and the purchase of Turkish missiles with a range of up to 6000 kilometres are being discussed.
Because the US does not want to station medium-range missiles in Germany, it is intended to replace them. Turkey could also play a role in this.
Germany is resuming its attempts to acquire from the United States long-range cruise missiles "Tomahawk" of American origin, as the Pentagon has abandoned plans to deploy an American military battalion equipped with these weapons in Germany, which has created a gap in Russia's European containment system.
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