Germany Weighs $1.3 Billion Patriot Air-Defense System Purchase
- Scholz’s government to double size of order to eight units
- Total cost of procurement could rise to around €2.6 billion
A Bundeswehr Patriot missile-defense system.
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Germany is looking at buying four additional Patriot missile-defense systems at a cost of as much as €1.2 billion ($1.3 billion) on top of the four Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government ordered in March.
The plans are at an early stage and officials are still assessing how to finance the expanded order, which could lift the overall price tag to about €2.6 billion, according to people familiar with the plans, who asked not to be identified discussing confidential information.