UK and Germany to Jointly Develop New Strike Weapon

Europe’s two largest economies will work together on the ‘precision strike’ system, which will have a range of more than 1,200 miles.

British Defense Secretary John Healey (center R) and his German counterpart Boris Pistorius (center L) at the signing of a new UK-Germany Defence Agreement at Trinity House in London, on Oct. 23, 2024. Jordan Pettitt/PA

The UK and Germany are going to jointly develop a new “deep precision strike” weapon with a range of more than 1,200 miles, London said on May 15.

The move follows a commitment that the countries made to develop new weapons in a bilateral defense pact known as the Trinity House Agreement, signed in October 2024.