Germany has reached an agreement with the U.S. to buy Tomahawk medium-range cruise missiles, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Thursday.
The deal was struck at the NATO summit in Ankara, which took place on Tuesday and Wednesday this week, Merz told Germany's lower house of parliament.
"We have also agreed with the U.S. government on the sidelines of the NATO meeting in Ankara that we will acquire American Tomahawk missiles and station them in Germany," the chancellor said. "In doing so, we are closing an important strategic gap in our defence."
Merz said Germany will also "work to develop our own European systems and station them in Europe."
U.S. President Donald Trump had previously rejected a plan agreed in 2024 under his predecessor Joe Biden to station Tomahawks in Germany by 2026.
