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Germany to Build Brimstone Missiles
The precision-strike weapon will arm the Luftwaffe’s Typhoon fleet.
MBDA Brimstone 3 missiles
MBDA Brimstone 3 missiles.

Germany’s Bundeswehr has opted to buy more than 3,200 MBDA Brimstone 3 precision strike missiles to arm its Eurofighter Typhoon fleet. A final assembly line and service center will open at Schrobenhausen in Bavaria to fulfill the order and to support the weapon in service. The facility is close to the Luftwaffe’s Eurofighter base at Neuburg and to the major test and maintenance center at Manching. Currently, all Brimstones are assembled in the UK.

“The procurement of Brimstone 3 by Germany is a decisive contribution to the harmonization of armaments in Europe and the Bundeswehr’s ammunition stockpile,” said MBDA CEO Eric Béranger. “The new production line is the first of its kind outside the UK and demonstrates the value of the MBDA cooperation model in ensuring the sovereign supply of critical European defense capabilities.”

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