{"id":1407630,"date":"2026-06-19T21:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/amid-us-refusal-to-deploy-tomahawk-germany-to-purchase-ukrainian-missiles-to-strengthen-defense\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T21:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:13:11","slug":"amid-us-refusal-to-deploy-tomahawk-germany-to-purchase-ukrainian-missiles-to-strengthen-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/amid-us-refusal-to-deploy-tomahawk-germany-to-purchase-ukrainian-missiles-to-strengthen-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Amid US refusal to deploy Tomahawk: Germany to purchase Ukrainian missiles to strengthen defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The German Defense Ministry is considering purchasing inexpensive long-range cruise missiles from Ukraine and Israel to bolster its arsenal, a decision that has come after delays in the deployment of American missile systems and uncertainty over their supply.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This is reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/germany-taps-israeli-ukrainian-missile-companies-after-donald-trump-setback\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Politico<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p> According to planning documents from the German Defense Ministry, Berlin is exploring the possibility of purchasing long-range cruise missiles from smaller defense companies, including Ukraine&#8217;s Fire Point and Israel&#8217;s Covenant. However, a decision on the purchase has not yet been made.<\/p>\n<p> The plan envisages the development of four areas of creating long-range ground strike capabilities:<\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li> acquisition of the American Typhon launch system with the ability to use Tomahawk missiles until 2029;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> procurement of inexpensive cruise missiles with initial readiness achieved in 2027;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> development of a new cruise missile jointly with the United Kingdom by 2032;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> creation of a hypersonic glider complex together with Great Britain by 2035.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p> According to the publication, the revision of plans is related to US President Donald Trump&#8217;s decision not to deploy an American unit with Tomahawk cruise missiles in Germany, as well as to the delay in the procedure for the sale of Typhon systems.<\/p>\n<p> Among Ukrainian developments, Germany is considering the FP-5 Flamingo cruise missile from Fire Point and the Bars system, created by another Ukrainian company. Both models are being evaluated as part of a pilot study that could form the basis for a production contract.<\/p>\n<p> According to journalists, the FP-5 Flamingo missile has a range of up to 3,000 kilometers and a warhead weighing 1 ton. The publication also notes that the German company Diehl Defence is in talks with Fire Point about possible joint production of the missile in Germany.<\/p>\n<p> At the same time, the documents state that the possible supply of Ukrainian missiles will require overcoming legal and political restrictions related to arms exports.<\/p>\n<p> During the Eurosatory exhibition in Paris, Fire Point CEO Iryna Terek said: &#8220;Our progress in creating missiles was made possible thanks to the close cooperation of arms manufacturers, the military and the government,&#8221; said Iryna Terek.<\/p>\n<p> A spokesman for the German Defense Ministry said the cost-effective systems could overload enemy air defenses with massive attacks and therefore have high operational value. He added that the ministry was looking to expand the capabilities &#8220;as quickly as possible,&#8221; but would not comment on specific procurement plans or individual companies.<\/p>\n<p> Recall that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/vyrobnyk-iris-t-khoche-rozpochaty-vyhotovlennia-ukrainskykh-raket-flaminho-u-nimechchyni\/\">the German defense company Diehl Defence is in talks with the Ukrainian company Fire Point regarding the possible joint production of Flamingo cruise missiles in Germany<\/a> . The parties plan to hold a series of meetings in the coming weeks to discuss potential cooperation.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The German Defense Ministry is considering purchasing inexpensive long-range cruise missiles from Ukraine and Israel to bolster its arsenal, a decision that has come after delays in the deployment of American missile systems and uncertainty over their supply. This is reported by Politico . According to planning documents from the German Defense Ministry, Berlin is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1283674,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76875,76885],"class_list":["post-1407630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-other-news","category-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1407630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1283674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1407630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1407630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}