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Germany is making a renewed push to acquire Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States, according to a Financial Times report published Sunday that cited sources familiar with Berlin’s defense strategy.<\/p>

German officials are hoping to convince the Trump administration to approve the sale of Tomahawk missiles along with their accompanying Typhon ground-based launching systems, the newspaper reported.<\/p>

Neither the White House, U.S. Department of Defense, nor Germany’s Ministry of Defence provided immediate responses when contacted by Reuters for comment on the report.<\/p>

According to the Financial Times, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius is planning to travel to Washington in an attempt to restart Berlin’s request for the long-range weapon systems. The original proposal was submitted in July of last year but has not yet received a response from U.S. officials.<\/p>

Sources speaking anonymously to the Financial Times indicated that Pistorius’s planned visit depends on whether he can arrange a meeting with Pete Hegseth, the U.S. Defense Secretary.<\/p>

Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles are sophisticated, long-range cruise missiles designed for deep-strike operations and are traditionally fired from naval vessels to hit distant targets.<\/p>

The Pentagon announced in February that it had entered into a seven-year contract with Raytheon to boost Tomahawk missile production, as military stockpiles have been reduced due to the ongoing conflict with Iran.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Germany is making a fresh push to acquire Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States, according to a Financial Times report. The effort includes plans for Defense Minister Boris Pistorius to travel to Washington to revive a proposal first submitted last July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":64364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[832],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/news-1778390508159.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-gK9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29608,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/us-military-uses-new-suicide-drones-in-iran-strikes-for-first-time\/","url_meta":{"origin":64365,"position":0},"title":"US Military Uses New Suicide Drones in Iran Strikes for First Time","author":"Admin","date":"February 28, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"American forces deployed a new arsenal of weapons against Iranian targets Saturday, marking the first combat use of low-cost suicide drones designed after Iranian models. 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