WORLD WORLDWIDE EUROPE ITALY - news journal UPDATE - (en) Italy, Ponte: US Long-Range Missiles Soon to Be Deployed in Germany - by msette (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 This is the latest act in a process initiated by Donald Trump in 2018.

---- The then US president announced his withdrawal from the INF
(Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty) signed in Washington on 8
December 1987 by Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev. ---- The treaty
was the first result of the change at the top of the Soviet Union: it
put an end to the issue of the Euromissiles, or intermediate-range
nuclear missiles installed by the US and the USSR on European soil:
first, the Soviet SS-20s and, following the so-called double NATO
decision of 1979, the US IRBM Pershing-2 missiles and the BGM-109
Tomahawk cruise missiles.
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Missiles banned since the Cold War will return to Europe
The United States will periodically deploy long-range missiles in
Germany from 2026, as announced at the summit for the 75th anniversary
of NATO. The decision changes the Western defense strategy, bringing
back to Europe weapons banned since the Cold War. The United States and
Germany have said that the Tomahawk, SM-6 and hypersonic cruise missiles
they will bring to the country "have a much greater range than current
missiles". These weapons were prohibited by the INF Treaty - signed by
Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in 1988 -, but the agreement expired
in 2019. Moscow's reaction was immediate. Russian Deputy Foreign
Minister Sergei Ryabkov warned that Russia would adopt a "military
response to the new threat".
The Union is trying to strengthen its air defenses and the most
discussed option in Germany concerns the adoption of a defense system
like the Iron Dome in Tel Aviv
According to Repubblica, Washington has not made any requests to Rome,
so there is no ongoing negotiation, but in the future it could be useful
to extend the protection to Italy. This is for two reasons:
strategically, it is not wise to concentrate all the capabilities in one
place; furthermore, Italy offers an advantageous geographical position
to better cover some regions such as the Balkans and the "southern
flank", that is, the Mediterranean countries recently elevated to
priority at the Washington summit with the creation of a special envoy
for their protection.
Nato deterrence
The deployment of missiles in Germany, initially planned as temporary,
will become part of Nato's permanent "integrated deterrence" strategy in
Europe. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius explained that the aim
is to encourage European allies to invest in the development of their
own long-range missile capabilities. In this direction, Germany, France,
Italy and Poland have signed a letter of intent to develop the European
long-range strike approach (Elsa), a program aimed at strengthening
European missile capabilities with regard to ground-launched cruise
missiles with a range of more than 500 kilometers.
The decision has not been welcomed by everyone in Germany. The Greens,
part of the government coalition, have criticized the agreement of
Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Sara Nanni, spokeswoman for security for the
Greens, expressed concern about the failure to communicate the decision
to the population, fearing that it could "increase fear and leave room
for disinformation". Furthermore, the far-right opposition of
Alternative für Deutschland (Afd) accused the Chancellor of making
"Germany a target". He responded that it was necessary "for peace".
Source
https://www.wired.it/article/missili-stati-uniti-germania-2026-nato-russia/

https://ponte.noblogs.org/2024/3905/missili-usa-a-lungo-raggio-presto-schierati-in-germania/
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