German FM backs deployment of US long-range missiles in country
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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has supported the idea of deploying U.S. long-range missiles in her country during an interview with the Sunday newspapers of the Funke Media Group on July 21.
Commenting on her position, the diplomat noted that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin "is constantly expanding the arsenal with which he threatens our freedom in Europe."
"We need to protect ourselves and our Baltic partners from this, including through increased deterrence and additional countermeasures," Baerbock said. Not to place the American long-range missiles in Germany "would be not only irresponsible, but also naive in the face of an icy and unmoved Kremlin."
The German foreign minister also noted that Putin "violated disarmament treaties and our common European peace architecture" many years ago and "wants to scare us, put us under pressure and divide our societies."
While Germany wants peaceful relations with Russia, "Putin's Russia is currently the biggest security threat to us and our peace in Europe," and "the people of Ukraine defend this peace every single day," she said.
Plans to deploy long-range U.S. missiles in Germany
The White House press service announced on July 10 that in 2026, the United States will begin deploying long-range strike systems, including hypersonic weapons, to Germany.
The statement said that the United States would begin sporadic deployments of long-range firepower to its task force in Germany in 2026. This will be done as part of the planning for the long-term deployment of these assets in the future.
This will include the SM-6, Tomahawk, and a hypersonic weapon under development that has a much longer range than current ground-based weapons in Europe.
Der Spiegel reported that Washington and Berlin have been holding confidential talks over the past few months about the deployment of long-range American weapons in Germany. The cruise missiles can hit a target at a distance of up to 2,500 kilometers, potentially allowing NATO to hit "virtually any target in Russia."
The magazine notes that the United States withdrew all long-range weapons from Germany in the late 1990s. During the negotiations in recent months, Berlin has "fiercely advocated" for the weapons to be deployed in Germany rather than elsewhere.
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