US cruise missiles to return to Germany, angering Moscow
The missiles will be deployed periodically from 2026 for the first time since the Cold War.
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The Tomahawk cruise, SM-6 and hypersonic missiles have a significantly longer range than existing missiles, the US and Germany said in a joint statement.
Such missiles would have been banned under a 1988 treaty between the US and former Soviet Union, but the pact fell apart five years ago.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Moscow would react with a "military reponse to the new threat".
"This is just a link in the chain of a course of escalation," he argued, accusing Nato and the US of trying to intimidate Russia.
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