BERLIN, July 9 (Reuters) - Germany will purchase Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States and station them on German soil, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Thursday, in a shift from planned U.S. deployments to Germany's own long-range strike capability.Merz told lawmakers he had sealed the deal with the U.S. government on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Ankara, adding that the meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday had exceeded his expectations.

Berlin (dpa) - Deutschland hat sich mit den USA beim Nato-Gipfel in Ankara auf den Kauf von Mittelstreckenwaffen des Typs Tomahawk geeinigt. Das sagte Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz…

Germany will purchase American Tomahawk cruise missiles for its defense. Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced this agreement on Thursday at a NATO meeting. These long-range…