Economist räägib oma lugejatele, et kui eurooplased ehitavad oma raketid valmis, siis on see ainult pool tehet, sest vaja on ka võimekust need õigel ajal õigesse kohta saata. Seda oskab praegu hästi teha ainult USA.
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America plans to put three missiles in Germany. One is the 500km-plus range sm-6 ballistic missile, currently used as a ship-based anti-air weapon. The second is the 2,500km-range Tomahawk cruise missile, largely fired today from ships. The third and most capable is the Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon, also known as Dark Eagle, thought to travel a whopping 3,000km-plus. All far outstrip the longest-range land-based missile in Europe today, the 300km-range atacms ballistic missile.
They will not be the only such missiles in Europe. In April Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, called on allies to build Europe a deep-strike capability of its own. On July 12th France, Germany, Italy and Poland signed a letter of intent to build a cruise missile with a range of more than 1,000km. Many countries already operate similar missiles launched from planes and ships. Finland, Germany, the Netherlands and Poland are buying 1,000km-range jassm-er missiles for their f-35 jets; the Dutch navy is also buying Tomahawks for its ships and subs.
Perhaps the more important question is whether Europeans will be able to fire their own weapons. At present, Ukraine cannot use its British-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles to strike complex targets in Russia. That is thought to be largely because they do best when programmed with American data, gathered from satellites and other high-value sensors. America has withheld permission for fear of escalation. If Europeans are serious about deterrence by deep strike, building the missiles is only half the challenge.