Taurus may be replaced: Germany will order cruise missiles of a different type from the United States, media

Germany will order cruise missiles from the United States/Collage 24 Channel< p _ngcontent-sc90 class="news-annotation">The German government has begun the process of ordering 75 new JASSM-ER cruise missiles. It is reported that the country has turned to the United States for this purpose.

It is noted that they will be able to replace Taurus cruise missiles. Preliminarily, the current market value of one Taurus missile is about 1.2 million dollars.

The German government has begun the procurement process

According to Bild, Germany will order 75 cruise missiles from the United States. They could likely replace existing Taurus missiles in the long term.

It is noted that this purchase comes after the German government expressed interest in 2022 to the US government in purchasing F fighters -35 and missiles associated with them.

According to the publication, the purchase price for the entire package is more than 8 billion euros. In particular, the material states that several air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles were ordered along with the F-35.

However, unfortunately , the JASSM procurement process has been delayed. At the same time, an official contract is expected this fall. The JASSM cruise missile is used to hit high-value targets with high accuracy.

It is reported that back in 2018, with the help of JASSM, United States airstrikes destroyed a chemical weapons plant owned by to the Assad regime in Syria.

Why Germany does not transfer Taurus to Ukraine

• German Chancellor Olaf Scholz faced a difficult dilemma regarding the transfer of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine. As analysts note, the reason for the refusal to provide weapons to Ukraine lies in the peculiarities of the guidance system of these missiles. Taurus. He noted that the missile requires a specialized computer system, available only in Germany.
• At the same time, there is also the option of transferring “stripped-down” missiles without guidance systems to Ukraine. This would make it possible to supplement Ukraine's arsenal with less powerful Storm Shadow missiles, which the UK has already transferred. state of long-range Taurus cruise missiles.
• Recall that recently German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced a package of military assistance for Ukraine. Regarding the transfer of Taurus missiles, the minister said that “there is no news.”