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USA Missiles Return to Germany Due to The War in Ukraine

Jonathan Stephen Harry Riley
2 min readSep 12, 2024

The Germans, Taiwanese, Japanese, and South Koreans will celebrate early this year, as the USA Missiles will return to Germany and the Missiles will move closer to China.

For the first time since the Cold War, long-range US missiles will be deployed periodically in Germany from 2026, in a decision announced at NATO’s 75th anniversary summit.

This is due to the Russians invading Ukraine and taking Europe to war for the first time since the end of World War Two.

The primary mover is the Germans, with support from the USA and Germany’s decision at the NATO conference to redeploy American mid-range weaponry to Germany.

MGM 52 Lance Missile and M752 Self-Propelled Launcher

The Russian government, led by Vladimir Putin, is to blame for the United States moving its missiles to Germany.

They have violated arms treaties, but over the past 15 years, the United States got fed up and bailed on the INF treaty five years ago, triggering the redeployment process.

There is a whole boatload of reasons for this, but defence against the Russians tops the list.

While the Russians may have opened this can of worms, the fallout will not be confined to them.

Since the treaty that barred the US from taking actions globally is now kaput, the Chinese…

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Jonathan Stephen Harry Riley
Jonathan Stephen Harry Riley

Written by Jonathan Stephen Harry Riley

I have been writing from 2014 to the present day; my writing is focused on history, politics, culture, geopolitics and other related topics.

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