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    Deutschland willigt ein, Tomahawk-Raketen von den USA zu kaufen

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    1. DWNews on

      Chancellor Friedrich Merz says Germany has reached a deal with the US to buy Tomahawk cruise missiles and station them on German territory. 

      Merz told lawmakers in the Bundestag on Thursday, July 9 that the agreement was made on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara this week. 

      The deployment of Tomahawks to Germany had previously been announced by former US President Joe Biden. But the deal appeared in doubt this spring, as the wars in Iran and Ukraine had depleted stocks. The war in Iran had also caused a spat between Merz and US President Donald Trump. 

       – Rob in the DW newsroom

    3. kRe4ture on

      Makes sense. I‘m all for European systems, but sadly we don’t have any comparable systems right now…

    4. Tobipig on

      Inbefore the negative comments. The purchase is meant as a interim solution while European alternatives are being developed.

    5. RainbowBier on

      in which world does germany need long range cruise missiles launched…from the ground with a range of 1600km

      there is no use case in which the current german inventory isnt sufficent

      MARS can fire ATACMS also there are taurus cruise missiles

      seems to be a waste of money for yet another new system

    6. youwillliveinapod on

      I don’t get European defence spending, tbh. We won’t defend ourselves from the Danes; we only have one physical security threat, which is Russia. Either we won’t use any of these weapons and they rot in a basement, or we will use them only after Ukraine falls. In either case, just giving money to Ukraine is the effective choice. At least procuring from domestic producers could stimulate the economy, this just does nothing for anything.

    7. Lux_Jay on

      Entirety of CDU have kept Germany dependent on US or Russia for their own personal profits on purpose for decades. They rallied against own tech industries and foreign workers, they rallied against own tech infrastructure, they rallied against owned renewable energy, and rallied against own defence. It’s like a party of covert traitors. 

    10. PossibilityTasty on

      The Tomahawk cruise is a technology from the 70th, that about the same decade the policies of the CDU are stuck in. On that note: no surprise at all.

    11. Odd-Peace-127 on

      And UNFORTUNATELY people have to make sacrifices, to pay more, to work more! Meantime Mr Merz and his friends…

    13. BHJK90 on

      Cool, but will they work when the orange man attacks Greenland what results in Article 5?

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