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Berlin is considering the purchase of Eurofighters and modernisation of Taurus Cruise Missiles

According to a document viewed by, the German government intends to seek approval from the parliament for 80 defence projects before the end of this year. These include the purchase of Eurofighter Jets and the modernisation the Taurus Cruise Missile.

The document lists 81 projects in the defence sector that exceed the threshold of 25 millions euros (29 million dollars), above which any purchases require approval from Parliament's Budget Committee.

The former German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had previously stated that the Tranche 5 would consist of 20 Airbus-built Eurofighter jets.

On the list are also plans to modernise Taurus, the cruise missile system. This includes the creation of a production facility for the next generation Taurus NEO.

Boris Pistorius, the Minister of Defence, was reported to have been working on a new weapon system.

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Buy 600 Taurus.

The German military has 600 units of the current model with a maximum range of 500 km (311 mi) that can be launched by fighter jets like the Tornado F-15 and F/A-18.

The weapon is built by MBDA, a European defence company. It's designed to destroy high value targets such as bunkers and ammunition dumps behind enemy lines, and airfields, bridges, and bridges.

The list also includes the purchase of Patriot and IRIS T SLM missile systems as well as Puma infantry combat vehicles, Boxer armored personnel carriers and Heron TP Drones, all manufactured in Israel.

Germany August

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Exports of weapons to Israel that could be used to expand Israel's operations in Gaza Strip.

The list does NOT specify how many systems you need to buy, their price or the manufacturer.

(source: Reuters)