Chancellor Friedrich Merz has informed the Bundestag parliament of a deal to buy US Tomahawk cruise missiles and station them in Germany. He said this closed a "critical strategic gap in our defense."
BERLIN, July 9 (Reuters) - Germany will purchase Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States and station them on German soil, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Thursday, in a shift from planned U.S. deployments to Germany's own long-range strike capability.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has announced a deal with the United States to buy American-made Tomahawk cruise missiles and station them in Germany. Merz said the agreement about the long-range missiles was reached on the sidelines of the NATO summit…
Germany has struck a deal with the United States to buy American-made Tomahawk cruise missiles and station them in Germany, Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced Thursday.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has announced a deal with the United States to buy American-made Tomahawk cruise missiles and station them in Germany. Merz said the agreement about the long-range missiles was reached on the sidelines of the NATO summit…
The agreement on the long-range missiles, which are used to strike targets deep inside enemy territory, was reached this week on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Turkey's capital, Ankara, Merz said.
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