Germany is seeking US Tomahawk missiles and Typhon launchers as Berlin looks for long-range systems to deter Russia, according to FT sources.<\/p>\n
German authorities are again seeking to\u00a0purchase U.S.-made Tomahawk cruise missiles after the Pentagon dropped the idea of\u00a0deploying an\u00a0American battalion equipped with such systems on\u00a0German territory, the Financial Times reported, citing sources familiar with Berlin\u2019s\u00a0strategy.<\/p>\n
According to\u00a0the newspaper, Germany hopes to\u00a0persuade the administration of\u00a0U. S. President Donald Trump to\u00a0approve the sale not only of\u00a0Tomahawk missiles, but also of\u00a0Typhon ground-based launchers. Berlin views the systems as\u00a0a\u00a0tool for deterring Russia.<\/p>\n
Sources told the FT\u00a0that the German government had revived its attempt to\u00a0acquire the American long-range missiles and wanted Washington to\u00a0agree to\u00a0a\u00a0package including both Tomahawks and Typhon launchers.<\/p>\n
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius plans to\u00a0travel to\u00a0Washington to\u00a0restart talks on\u00a0the purchase of\u00a0long-range weapons. One FT\u00a0source said Germany had already submitted a\u00a0proposal to\u00a0buy such systems in\u00a0July 2025, but had not received a\u00a0response from the United States.<\/p>\n
At\u00a0the same time, the source did not rule out that the meeting could fall through because of\u00a0deteriorating relations between Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.<\/p>\n
Another person cited by\u00a0the paper suggested that Berlin may be\u00a0prepared to\u00a0pay more for the Tomahawks than Japan and the Netherlands, which are already awaiting deliveries of\u00a0the missiles. The publication said Germany could be\u00a0willing to\u00a0offer a\u00a0higher price in\u00a0order to\u00a0secure the deal.<\/p>\n
The Financial Times also noted that after taking office, Merz promised to\u00a0allocate more than \u20ac750 billion for the Bundeswehr and said Germany intended to\u00a0meet NATO\u2019s\u00a0new spending targets ahead of\u00a0schedule. However, the dispute with Trump disrupted the chancellor\u2019s\u00a0plans, leaving Berlin to\u00a0seek Washington\u2019s\u00a0approval for the arms sale.<\/p>\n
The article adds that Europe currently has no\u00a0ground-based long-range missile systems ready for immediate use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Germany is seeking US Tomahawk missiles and Typhon launchers as Berlin looks for long-range systems to deter Russia,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":951734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[7668,32,2000,299,29861,1945,1824,265581,154178,265579,265580],"class_list":{"0":"post-951733","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-boris-pistorius","9":"tag-donald-trump","10":"tag-eu","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-financial-times","13":"tag-friedrich-merz","14":"tag-germany","15":"tag-russia-deterrence","16":"tag-tomahawk-missiles","17":"tag-typhon-launchers","18":"tag-us-weapons"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116553709335072396","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=951733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/951734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=951733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=951733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=951733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}