🇩🇪🇺🇸 Rheinmetall & Lockheed Martin are expanding cooperation to boost missile production in Europe. They plan to build a European center of excellence for missile systems—strengthening NATO, EU defense, and reducing reliance on U.S. supply chains. militarnyi.com/en/news/rhei... - ThreadSky

noelreports.com • 12 days ago

🇩🇪🇺🇸 Rheinmetall & Lockheed Martin are expanding cooperation to boost missile production in Europe.

They plan to build a European center of excellence for missile systems—strengthening NATO, EU defense, and reducing reliance on U.S. supply chains.

https://militarnyi.com/en/news/rheinmetall-and-lockheed-martin-to-expand-cooperation-to-boost-missile-production-in-europe/

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shadowmarkets.bsky.social•12 days ago

Would like to see the wording of the agreement, but what happened to Europe / Germany developing their own independent defence industry ? They’ve no idea what the future holds, they may look back and say Trump was reliable compared to who comes next.

kagern.bsky.social•12 days ago

LockMart makes the GMLRS missiles used by many launchers in European inventory, so while I agree that we need to support our own independent solutions, I thinks it's a good idea to make sure we have large amounts of ammunition for weapons already in inventory, if for no other reason than to supply 🇺🇦

jegath.bsky.social•12 days ago

👏👏👏

rygeldominar16.bsky.social•12 days ago

You have to. The Republican administration will lie, cheat, steal, and turn traitor on you or me very quickly. Never trust, only verify.

Take care of yourselves and never trust my country's government when it's Republicans. They. Are. Fascists.

nitpicker.bsky.social•12 days ago

I would rather double down on developing the SAMP/T family instead of reinforcing ties to the US. This deal and cooperation will likely have to be upended in not too long any way.

kagern.bsky.social•12 days ago

This is probably mostly GMLRS rockets for HIMARS/GMARS, as in the picture

nitpicker.bsky.social•12 days ago

Probably. But they do make SAMs too.

00chrisco00.bsky.social•12 days ago

Yeah, pac 3 for patriots. Severely needed by UA

futureeuropa.bsky.social•12 days ago

Cooperating with Lockheed Martin?
Please no cooperation between US firms and Europeans.
Moscua delenda est

futureeuropa.bsky.social•12 days ago

then again, we need the missiles.
This sucks but I guess is the least bad option (?)

popeye49.bsky.social•12 days ago

👏👏👏👍

xar6as.bsky.social•12 days ago

If it's a US owned company it's not a reliable partner. Needs to be an independent EU owned branch that's not bound by us law

contezero.bsky.social•12 days ago

If it operates in the EU it has a sister company residing in the EU.
Just saying.

morideath.bsky.social•12 days ago

Europe should not have any involvement from US at all in weapons development and supply - US is not to be trusted and is an unreliable ally.

thom6502.bsky.social•12 days ago

Rheinmetall zou eigen systemen moeten ontwikkelen, geen afhankelijkheid meer van America.

drdarkmatter.bsky.social•12 days ago

If only Lockheed were not involved

tourswag.bsky.social•12 days ago

This is because Lockheed Martin cannot get crucial minerals, such as Canadian nickel, without US tariffs.

They must establish production outside the US

wayan2007.bsky.social•12 days ago

If US is involved than they can deny us use them or🤔

danielaphoto.bsky.social•12 days ago

Not sure how I feel about that, I rather the EU would develop its own weapons without the US

fella4ukraine.bsky.social•12 days ago

Go NATO!

gebnor.bsky.social•12 days ago

Depending on the conflict; would the Americans have a right to veto a future use of them (being partly built by an US American company)?

diossvk.bsky.social•12 days ago

I am sure nobody will ask the US for permission to use these missiles when they will be needed to be used in a war.

gebnor.bsky.social•12 days ago

Sadly it often works that way. Poland etc needed to ask Germany for permission to pass on Leopards etc

diossvk.bsky.social•12 days ago

I know I hate it. It's stupid on so many levels.

gebnor.bsky.social•12 days ago

Canada is/was considering to take the Swedish Gripen jet... instead of the ordered F35; there might be issues because of the engine (General Electric)
Imagine?! Now there might be a move towards the 100% French Rafale. Crazy times

fouduroland.bsky.social•11 days ago

There are several other US-sourced components in the Gripen E

gebnor.bsky.social•12 days ago

Just checked. While the center is subject to approval by the U.S. and German governments, this approval is primarily focused on the establishment and operation of the center, and apparently not on the ultimate use of the weapons produced there (even by other nations)

loket-olsson666.bsky.social•12 days ago

Good news 👍

boyscout13.bsky.social•12 days ago

boyscout13.bsky.social•12 days ago

If only I had shares in rhinemetal....

marc-andreroche.bsky.social•12 days ago

They should sign a deal with French companies instead. They're the only ones who preserved their strategic independence from the US. They need to expand their production capacity, which is is too small. And the money stays in Europe.

crazyswisseng.bsky.social•11 days ago

The t effect.

dverhoeven.bsky.social•12 days ago

With all the tariffs it makes sense. Trumps logic goes both ways. Now it makes sense for US companies to produce in Europe as well

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