The UK and Germany have held talks on jointly developing a new deep precision strike missile capable of ranges exceeding 2,000 kilometres, the Ministry of Defence stated.
UK Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry Luke Pollard met Germany’s State Secretary for Armament and Innovation Jens Plötner in Berlin during the Defence Bilateral Ministerial Group on Equipment and Capability Cooperation to review progress on the programme.
According to the Ministry of Defence, the project aims to develop a family of long-range weapons that could include stealth cruise missiles and hypersonic systems. The initial focus is expected to be on ground-launched capabilities, with potential future variants for air and maritime platforms.
The missiles are expected to enter service in the 2030s and are intended to provide long-range deterrence and operational flexibility for both countries.
The discussions form part of wider defence cooperation under the Trinity House Agreement signed by the UK and Germany in October 2024. According to the government, the initiative remains open to participation from additional partner nations.
Luke Pollard said the talks marked progress in strengthening defence cooperation between the two countries.
“The UK-Germany relationship is incredibly strong, and we’ve marked a step forward in our work to develop cutting-edge missile capabilities.”
“We are not only arming our military personnel with the best weaponry to act as the strongest possible deterrent to our adversaries, but in doing so we are also building the industrial foundations that will keep both nations at the forefront of defence technology, making us secure at home and strong abroad.”
Whoopee, more talks, just what we needed 🙄
The UK MOD is a true world leader in talks, projects, meetings and window shopping. I see the DIP is delayed again. Same old crap day in day out with nothing ever ordered just warm words and long winded statements.
We seem to be devloping masses of stuff for the future but not giving an in service date or any orders. As long as there is no war before 2031 every thing should be fine, finger crossed.
You are being optimistic, only the bare minimum will be available by 2031 and what is likely in small initial numbers. At least Chamberlain was playing for time to rapidly build up defences, this guy is playing for time to avoid paying for any.
What’s the point?
Starmer would refuse to deploy it
2030’s?
Neverhappenware
The UK now has so many ‘programmes’ it’s going to be the biggest military on Earth
As I mentioned before, my concern here is that this takes money from PRSM that exists, and was in the Deep Fires programme alongside MLRS expansion.
Is the Army still getting that?
This ticks two short term political boxes.
Anti American, tick.
Good Europeans, tick.
Did the Army want PRSM? Are they still getting it?
Or have industrial and political considerations intervened?
2000km is WAY beyond PrSM, this is more of a Tomahawk replacement if a cruise missile is chosen. It’s not a stupid idea as a capability, but with our negotiating skills the whole thing will just end up being built in Germany anyway like Aster was for France.
We need just one government committed to foreign policy independence and willing to pay for it.
Well I support Starmer in that, at least. Our foreign policy has automatically followed that of the US for long enough.