The German army reinforcing plan marginalizes US weapons … worth 80 billion euros
& Nbsp; Germany is preparing to launch a huge wave of armament contracts estimated at about 83 billion euros during the next year, with the most part of it to the European industry, while the share of American companies will not exceed 8% only. And European capitals. She added that the contracts led by American companies are limited to a few cases, most notably a deal worth 5.1 billion euros to buy a missile system & quot; Patriot & quot; From & quot; Raytheon & quot; and about 150 million euros to purchase a plane for aircraft & quot; Boeing B-A. With the calculation of other smaller deals, the total number of US contracts is only 6.8 billion euros, while most spending goes to European companies. She pointed out that in recent years, Germany was one of the largest American weapons customers, as it signed contracts exceeding $ 17 billion between 2020 and 2024, including a record number of $ 13.9 billion in 2023 after the outbreak of the Russian war on Ukraine. But it seems that Berlin today is heading to restore balance, with the preference of supporting its defense industry and its European partners. , At a cost of approximately 26 billion euros, it is scheduled to be designed by & quot, Tesen Kroop & quot; German to provide a long -range air and missile defense capabilities. The plan also includes huge investments in the & quot & quot; With a total of more than 6 billion euros, as well as strengthening electronic warfare systems and radars. She said that the land army has an abundant share, with more than 3.4 billion euros allocated to armored vehicles & quot & quot; Additional, 3.8 billion euros for new anti -tank combat vehicles. In the field of air defense, Berlin will invest more than 300 million euros in the & quot & quot; Homemade, in addition to hundreds of millions to buy short -range missiles and ships fired. A long -term range of 2.3 billion euros, which is a political sensitive file as Ukrainian pressure continues to obtain these missiles. She added that, in the outcome, the document reveals that Germany is determined to rebuild its military capabilities with huge money, but by supporting its local and European industry first, in a move that may change the map of the arms market on the continent and limit the traditional American influence in it.
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