Germany Revives Effort to Buy US Tomahawks, FT Reports
- The Financial Times reported Sunday that Germany is reviving its bid to purchase Tomahawk cruise missiles and mobile Typhon ground launchers from the United States, seeking Trump administration approval.
- Depleted by the Iran war, U.S. military Tomahawk stockpiles have prompted Berlin to seek systems that strike targets hundreds of kilometers deep into enemy territory, a capability currently missing from Europe's arsenal.
- To revive Berlin's proposal, Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius plans to visit Washington, though the trip hinges on securing a meeting with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
- A potential $5.5 billion order for the German-Norwegian submarine program is under discussion as German Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil visited Canada, where he met Prime Minister Mark Carney on Saturday to discuss deeper cooperation.
- Bundestag President Julia Klöckner urged lawmakers to abandon expensive parliamentary expansions, such as the Luisenblock Ost project, stating, "when budgets are tight, we must not push ahead with expensive parliamentary expansions that we do not strictly need.
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Pistorius is flying to Washington for Tomahawks, despite worsening relations between Merz and Trump
Berlin is reviving its bid to acquire American Tomahawk cruise missiles together with their Typhon ground-launchers, hoping to persuade the Trump administration to approve a sale that has been pending since July 2025, the Financial Times reports. According to the publication, the move comes after the Pentagon scrapped plans to deploy a US long-range fires battalion to Germany this year, leaving a gap in Europe's deterrence against Russia. German…
Berlin's even willing to overpay.
Vokietija atnaujina pastangas įsigyti amerikiečių gamybos tolimojo nuotolio kruizinių raketų „Tomahawk“, kadangi Pentagonas atsisakė planų dislokuoti Vokietijoje šiais ginklais aprūpintą JAV karių batalioną taip sukurdamas spragą europinėje Rusijos atgrasymosistemoje.
UPDATE 1-Germany revives effort to buy US Tomahawks, FT reports
The White House, the U.S. Department of Defense and the German Ministry of Defence did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment. Germany's Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius is planning a trip to Washington, the report said, in a bid to revive Berlin's proposal to purchase long-range systems, which was first submitted in July last year.
Germany is trying to buy Tomahawk missiles from the USA. Defense Minister Pistorius sees a gap in Germany's defence capability.
What prompted Berlin's urgent search for long-range missiles? Germany has resumed negotiations with the US on the purchase of Tomahawk cruise missiles amid concerns that Europe will be left without a sufficient deterrent against Russia. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing the Financial Times. Read also: Poland proposed that the US deploy additional troops near Russia's borders. According to sources familiar with the German government's stra…
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