Germany resumes efforts to purchase Tomahawk missiles from U.S. — FT
Germany is renewing efforts to purchase American long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles after the Pentagon abandoned plans to station an American battalion equipped with these weapons in Germany, creating a gap in the system of deterrence against Russia in Europe.
According to Ukrinform, the Financial Times reported this.
According to sources, the German government hopes to convince the Donald Trump administration to approve the sale of Tomahawk cruise missiles along with Typhon ground-based launchers.
To advance this issue, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius plans a trip to Washington, according to the media outlet’s sources.
Germany first approached the U.S. with a proposal to purchase long-range systems in July of last year, but Washington has not yet responded.
According to sources, Pistorius’s visit will depend on whether he can arrange a meeting with Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth. This, it is noted, is not guaranteed given the deteriorating relations between Trump and Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the war in Iran.
The main thing is to have strike capabilities in Europe, one of the interlocutors in the German government emphasized.
Another source suggested that Berlin might agree to pay extra to secure the purchase agreement.
At the same time, Japan and the Netherlands are already awaiting delivery of the Tomahawk missiles they ordered.
As reported by Ukrinform, the U.S. has decided not to deploy a battalion equipped with long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles in Germany.
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