06.11.2023 12:38
Germany is still undecided about the supply of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine and doubts these missiles can radically change the situation at the front.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said this at the NATO Talk conference in Berlin on Monday, November 6, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.
“I don’t think the missiles will be a game changer,” Pistorius said.
He confirmed that he had nothing new to say about the transfer of these weapons and reiterated that Germany should not ignore its own interests when providing aid to Ukraine, without clarifying what he meant. Pistorius also noted that the German government has to check every step in the issue of the supply of weapons systems and decisions are not easy.
“The ATACMS, which the U.S. sent [to Ukraine], has a range of 160 km, and the Taurus has a range of 500 km. This is a completely different system,” Pistorius said.
At the same time, he recalled that Germany is currently the second-largest supplier of weapons to Ukraine after the United States, and German weapons help save lives and protect infrastructure in Ukraine every day.
Ukraine has been asking for German missiles since the spring of this year. Many politicians, including from parties that are part of the ruling coalition, are in favor of supplying Ukraine with Taurus missiles.
(C)UKRINFORM 2023
Germany: Because our super weapons will not be a game changer, we will not deliver them.
Sounds German logic to me………………………………..
We don’t need a game-changer we need long distance missiles to back the orcs off Ukrainian lands. Every time we get new weapons, they back up. First was the Javelins and they backed up, then HIMARS and they backed up. With the long distance ATACMS and Taurus we could almost back them up to their supply lines. THAT is the game changer imo.
It would be a game changer if the West stopped telling Ukraine why they can’t give weapons, and instead started to say, “how many.”
Good grief Charlie Brown, just send the blasted things and see what AFU can do with them already.
“I don’t think the missiles will be a game changer,”
I don’t think that Pistorius knows what in the hell he’s talking about.
Clearly, the days of Germany being a primary military might are completely over when it has such incompetence as him for a defense secretary. The guy knows nothing about what it means to be able to strike at enemy depots, command structures, radar systems, ships, and transportation hubs with almost impunity. Germany, of all countries, should know this best, as theirs were massively bombed in WWII.
And now there’s talk about Pistorius may replace Schulz.
Really? That would be a positive step for Germany, for once. And, for the EU and especially NATO.