Fears of a fresh arms race as US to deploy missiles in Germany that can hit targets in Russia

By Christoph Bluth, Professor of International Relations and Security, University of Bradford

During July’s Nato summit, the United States and Germany reached an agreement for the US to start what it referred to as “episodic deployments” of missiles in 2026. This will include Tomahawk cruise missiles, SM-6 ballistic missiles and a new generation of hypersonic systems currently under development. The main condition of the agreement is that none of these missiles will be equipped with nuclear warheads.

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