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BERLIN \u2014 Germany has agreed to purchase American Tomahawk cruise missiles and station them within its own borders, Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced Thursday, signaling a significant move away from relying on planned U.S. deployments toward developing Germany’s own long-range military strike power.<\/p>

Merz informed members of parliament that he finalized the agreement with the U.S. government while attending a NATO summit in Ankara, noting that discussions held Tuesday and Wednesday had gone better than he had anticipated.<\/p>

“We are closing a critical strategic gap in our defence, while simultaneously working to develop our own European systems and station them in Europe,” Merz said.<\/p>

German government sources indicate that Washington formally committed in a letter of intent signed Tuesday to grant approval in August for Germany to acquire Tomahawk missiles along with ground-based Typhon launchers. The exact number of missiles and launchers Germany intends to buy has not been made public, as that information is classified.<\/p>

The purchase appears to align with President Donald Trump’s broader effort to encourage European allies to fund their own security needs \u2014 including by purchasing American-made weapons.<\/p>

The future of any Tomahawk supply to Germany had been uncertain since Trump announced in May a reduction of U.S. military presence in the country. That announcement was widely interpreted as scrapping a plan from the prior administration to station a U.S. battalion armed with long-range Tomahawk missiles on German soil \u2014 a measure originally intended as a temporary but powerful deterrent against Russia while European nations worked on developing comparable weapons of their own.<\/p>

Germany does produce its own cruise missile, the Taurus, but its range of roughly 500 kilometers \u2014 about 311 miles \u2014 is three to five times shorter than that of the Tomahawk.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Germany has agreed to purchase Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States and deploy them on German soil, Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced Thursday. The deal was finalized on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Ankara and marks a shift toward Germany building its own long-range strike capability. The move aligns with U.S. President Donald Trump’s push for European nations to shoulder more of their own defense costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":93224,"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-93225","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\/07\/news-1783599420733.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-ofD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":64172,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/german-leader-seeks-nato-unity-despite-tensions-over-iran-conflict\/","url_meta":{"origin":93225,"position":0},"title":"German Leader Seeks NATO Unity Despite Tensions Over Iran Conflict","author":"Admin","date":"May 9, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"German Chancellor Friedrich Merz emphasized Europe's commitment to maintaining NATO's strength amid growing disagreements with the Trump administration over the Iran conflict. 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