Overview
- Der Spiegel and subsequent reporting say partners have assembled roughly 30 PAC-3 missiles, with Germany adding five from Bundeswehr reserves for a package of about 35.
- Germany’s Defence Ministry says preparations for the shipment are under way but declines to specify quantities or timing for security reasons.
- Boris Pistorius’s Munich proposal of five German missiles contingent on partners finding 30 has been realized after non-binding pledges from nations including the Netherlands were confirmed.
- Officials warn supply strain after recent Middle East operations, with an EU commissioner citing about 800 interceptors used in three days and other reporting indicating more than 1,000 expended by the US and Gulf partners.
- Ukraine is assessed to need around 60 Patriot interceptors per month, and Berlin says it will continue support with MANPADS, AIM-9 and IRIS-T missiles, repair components, and funding for Ukrainian air-defence capabilities.