Germany agrees to buy US Tomahawk cruise missiles
Germany has agreed to purchase US-made Tomahawk cruise missiles and ground-based launchers, Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced at the NATO summit in Ankara. The weapons will be German-owned and German-operated, according to reporting by Reuters and Defense News.
Germany is moving to build its own long-range strike capability for the first time in decades. Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced at the NATO summit in Ankara that Berlin will acquire US-made Tomahawk cruise missiles and ground-based Typhon launchers. The missiles, which can strike targets up to 2,500 kilometers away, will be German-owned and German-operated rather than stationed under American control, placing Germany alongside Britain and the Netherlands as European Tomahawk operators. Each missile costs roughly 1.7 million dollars, and Washington is expected to grant formal export approval in August. Source: Reuters, Defense News, Bloomberg.