Germany plans to be the first European power to develop its own space-based missile detection capability, as the continent seeks to cut its reliance on Washington for defence.
The head of the country’s space command, Major General Michael Traut, told the FT that Germany was “now planning to have the core of a satellite-based missile detection system”.
The project would be national “but open of course, to European collaboration”, he said. He insisted that such national capabilities would make Germany and Europe stronger partners for the US.
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