Germany ready to send Taurus missiles to Ukraine (www.telegraph.co.uk)
from zaxvenz@lemm.ee to world@lemmy.world on 14 Apr 12:40
https://lemm.ee/post/61302993

Friedrich Merz said Kyiv needed to “get ahead” in the conflict after dozens were killed in Russia’s Palm Sunday attack on the Ukrainian city of Sumy, which he denounced as a “serious war crime”.

Asked if he would agree to Ukraine’s repeated plea for Germany’s long-range missiles, Mr Merz said he would do so if it were done in conjunction with allies, some of whom are already providing similar long-range weapons.

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remon@ani.social on 14 Apr 12:59 next collapse

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einkorn@feddit.org on 14 Apr 13:37 next collapse

I fully support sending Taurus to Ukraine but I am afraid this might be one of Merz’ ‘Stammtischreden’ that he does frequently: Just blurb out whatever he thinks at the moment and sounds good while at the bar, but then decides otherwise once sobered up.

Reverendender@sh.itjust.works on 14 Apr 13:47 next collapse

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Litebit@lemmy.world on 14 Apr 19:44 collapse

Give them the tech to build their own. Don’t have to announce in the news. Just send it.

perestroika@lemm.ee on 14 Apr 21:53 collapse

They already can. It’s called “Neptun”. But they can’t build them fast enough, and have to keep it extremely secret since production is in range of Russian weapons.

On the matter of just sending it, I fully agree. Finland for example doesn’t say what it sends. It just says something like “we sent materials for the 40th time”.

Litebit@lemmy.world on 14 Apr 22:27 collapse

Exactly, it has to be like Finland. there is no need to give details.

x00z@lemmy.world on 14 Apr 22:53 next collapse

Some news articles are showcases of force or are meant to send a message. There’s also the fact that one can easily spot weapons being used in combat. Meaning you can send 1 of these missiles and there goes your secrecy. So not everything needs to be a secret. It’s not like they are sharing the logistics here.

Litebit@lemmy.world on 15 Apr 02:52 collapse

More about the element of surprise is gone for that 1st use.

Scipitie@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 15 Apr 06:27 collapse

Yes there is but it’s because of German law in they regard. And as it has to be approved by a governance body in public there is no chance of obfuscating it.

Normally that is a good thing from my point of view as it prevent shady weapons deals - but this is not a normal situation :(