Germany wanted to acquire the U.S. Typhon—capable of launching SM-6 and Tomahawk missiles—but Berlin doubts the system could be delivered in time to meet its interim deep-strike capability goals.
Credit: Sgt. Perla Alfaro/U.S. Army Pacific Public Affairs Office
Europe is accelerating efforts to plug its gaps in long-range deep-strike weapons needed to hold Russian strategic targets at risk—in part to address a U.S. pullback in providing near-term options. A major catalyst for the policy change has been the U.S. cancellation of a planned long-range fires...
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