{"id":1481523,"date":"2024-08-04T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1481523"},"modified":"2024-08-04T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T15:00:00","slug":"most-germans-oppose-new-us-missile-deployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/most-germans-oppose-new-us-missile-deployment\/1481523\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Germans Oppose New US Missile Deployment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most Germans Oppose New US Missile Deployment<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

A new poll about a planned US missile deployment to Germany shows that<\/a>\u00a0more Germans are opposed to the idea\u00a0than favor it<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The US recently announced that starting in 2026, it will be deploying missile systems that were previously banned by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty<\/strong>, which prohibited land-based missile systems with a range between 310 and 3,400 miles.<\/p>\n

Katterbach Army Airfield in Ansbach, Germany. Source: US Army<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The poll, conducted by the Forsa Institute, found that 49% of Germans think the new missile deployment is \u201cnot right,\u201d while 45% support the idea<\/strong>. Opposition is stronger among Germans living in states that used to be East Germany, with 74% of them against the plan.<\/p>\n

The US announced the deployment in a joint statement with Germany, but German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is\u00a0facing opposition to the plan<\/a>\u00a0from within his own party and coalition government.<\/p>\n

“Not every weapon makes Germany immediately safer,”<\/strong> Rolf M\u00fctzenich, the parliamentary leader of Scholz\u2019s Social Democratic Party (SDP), told\u00a0Politico<\/em>. M\u00fctzenich\u00a0previously warned<\/a>\u00a0that the “danger of an unintentional\u00a0military escalation\u00a0is considerable.”<\/p>\n

Senior members of the SDP who are concerned about the deployment said they would call a debate about it in September. “The current debate surrounding the announced stationing of long-range conventional weapons systems in Germany concerns us all,” they said in a note seen by\u00a0Politico<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The US announced its deployment would include Tomahawk missiles, which are nuclear-capable and have a range of over 1,000 miles<\/strong>. Tomahawks are typically used on US Navy destroyers and submarines since a land-based version was banned by the INF.<\/p>\n

The US also said it will send SM-6 missiles to Germany, which signals it\u2019s planning to deploy a Typhon missile system. The Typhon is a covert system concealed in a 40-foot shipping container that can fire Tomahawks and SM-6 missiles. The SM-6 can hit targets up to 290 miles away, below the levels previously banned by the INF.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Russian President Vladimir Putin\u00a0has vowed Russia will respond<\/a>\u00a0to the deployment by ending its moratorium on deploying missiles previously banned by the INF. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said he\u00a0wouldn\u2019t rule out the idea<\/a>\u00a0of Moscow deploying nuclear-armed missiles in response<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nSun, 08\/04\/2024 – 07:00<\/span><\/p>\n

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