Germany has proposed to the United States to establish additional production capacities on European territory for the launch of anti-aircraft guided missiles belonging to the “Patriot” family, including the latest PAC-3 MSE modifications.
elchi reports that German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced this following the results of a meeting of the Bundestag’s defense committee.
Answering a question about whether the production of PAC-3s in Europe is planned in the future, Pistorius noted that “Germany would like this.” “We are talking about PAC-3, PAC-2 GEM-T, and theoretically, it could also be about the ‘Patriot’ complexes themselves. However, it is not within our authority to make this decision. We have simply made a proposal to the American side,” the “Die Welt” newspaper quotes the head of the German defense department as saying.
According to the minister, he already discussed this issue during his recent negotiations in Washington. “Ultimately, this is a matter of intellectual property. The deciding factor is whether the Pentagon, the White House, and Lockheed Martin itself will make concessions,” Pistorius explained, adding that the parties are “hoping for mutually beneficial decisions.”
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