Germany Not Scrapping US-Made Arms Despite Plans for Greater Independence - Defense Chief

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2026-07-01

MOSCOW, July 1 (RIA Novosti) - Germany does not intend to abandon US-made weapons despite the announced plans to seek greater military and technical self-reliance, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on Wednesday. "Despite all the calls for greater independence, no one has ever said that we want to abandon US-made systems. That is not the case, and it will not change in the future. We cooperate very closely with the US defense industr......

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