▲ 184 ▼ The US says it is going to put its new long-range strike missiles, including hypersonic weapons, in Germany (www.businessinsider.com) submitted 2 years ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 25 comments fedilink hide all child comments The US announced deployments of new long-range fires weapons to Germany will start in 2026. The capabilities will include the SM-6, Tomahawk, and developmental hypersonic weapons. The war in Ukraine has shown a need for more deep-strike options.
[–] Yrt@feddit.de 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) And also there is still a big US infrastructure at hand with all the bases. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) Hehe that's an understatement. I think we have like an entire city there full of American soldiers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Well given what Germany did for an entire half century not long ago and what Russia did in close proximity it’s understandable permalink fedilink source parent [–] Yrt@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago Multiple cities. At least Ramstein and Spangdahlem are really big and could count as a small city. That's why I said there is still a good infrastructure even after a lot of US soldiers were sent home and bases got closed in the last few years. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) Hehe that's an understatement. I think we have like an entire city there full of American soldiers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Well given what Germany did for an entire half century not long ago and what Russia did in close proximity it’s understandable permalink fedilink source parent [–] Yrt@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago Multiple cities. At least Ramstein and Spangdahlem are really big and could count as a small city. That's why I said there is still a good infrastructure even after a lot of US soldiers were sent home and bases got closed in the last few years. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Well given what Germany did for an entire half century not long ago and what Russia did in close proximity it’s understandable permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Yrt@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago Multiple cities. At least Ramstein and Spangdahlem are really big and could count as a small city. That's why I said there is still a good infrastructure even after a lot of US soldiers were sent home and bases got closed in the last few years. permalink fedilink source parent