Pentagon Blocks Tomahawk Sale to Germany as U.S. Pulls 5,000 Troops

1 articles · Updated · POLITICO Europe · Jun 13

Germany was denied a U.S. sale of long-range Tomahawk missiles, a move that signaled Washington fears Moscow would see the capability in European hands as escalatory.
That refusal came alongside a broader U.S. pullback from NATO’s front line, including plans to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany.
The Pentagon also halted a planned deployment of a U.S. battalion equipped with Tomahawks, removing a capability Washington had been preparing to field in Europe itself.
Planned U.S. contributions of bombers, fighters, destroyers, submarines and other crisis-response forces were also sharply cut, reinforcing concerns about a wider American disengagement from European defense.