The German Ministry of Defense is discussing the transfer of TAURUS aircraft cruise missiles with a launch range of more than 500 km to Ukraine

Last week, Ukraine officially requested TAURUS cruise missiles from Germany. About supply prospects

long-range weapons were told by German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius.

What is known

Germany is discussing the possibility of transferring the AirForces of Ukraine missiles TAURUS, but the Ministry of Defense has not yet made a final decision. According to Pistorius, the country is trying to be careful about the supply of long-range weapons.

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TAURUS, in fact, is an analogue of the BritishStorm Shadow missiles. Therefore, if received from the Ukrainian military, there should be no problems with integration into Soviet aircraft. The Bundeswehr is armed with more than a hundred missiles in combat-ready condition.

The maximum launch range is over 500 km. If we talk about Storm Shadow, then the UK could transfer an export version with a range of less than 300 km. But this information has not been confirmed.

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The German Ministry of Defense ordered forLuftwaffe in 2002 600 TAURUS units. The contract value was over $600 million. Based on these data, it can be assumed that one missile costs about $1 million.