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Major General Christian Freuding, the first missiles produced in Germany are expected to be ready by late 2026 or early 2027. “Germany building own production lines for such missiles” Freuding said during July 12 briefing in Kyiv, "deliveries won’t come b4 2026, at best, early 2027.”

German defense company Rheinmetall &  US defense contractor Lockheed Martin have agreed to establish a joint venture in Europe to produce some of the most sought-after American missile systems, Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger told Hartpunkt on May 16. Planned facility, which Papperger described as a European center of excellence for rockets, to produce up to 10,000 missiles & an equal number of rocket motors annually. Systems tobe built are ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles (range: 300 km), GMLRS guided rockets (150 km) for HIMARS & M270 launchers, Hellfire and JAGM air-to-surface missiles, and PAC-3 interceptors for Patriot air defense systems. Previously, during a media briefing on July 10 at International Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Germany is prepared to fund two Patriot air defense systems for Ukraine, with Norway committing to finance another.

This particularly in supplying to Ukraine, given Putin wanted to destroy all about Ukraine—Freuding confirmed there will not be any restrictions to useage..