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Prominent European weapon manufacturer MBDA has recently announced that manufacturing of its Taurus cruise missiles has been put on hold due to an allegedly slow rate of weapon procurement orders issued by Germany.
Unless the German federal government accelerates decision-making in the defense industry, production of long-range Taurus missiles may be suspended, MBDA Deutschland CEO Thomas Gottschild cautioned, the German newspaper Spiegel reported on March 30.
European missile manufacturer MBDA has suspended the manufacturing of Taurus cruise missiles due to contracting issues, Der Spiegel has reported.According to the magazine, this development came as MBDA urges the German federal government to speed up the process of drawing up weapon procurement orders.
Thomas Gottschild noted that when new orders are made, partner companies have to establish the production chain anew while there is a high demand for materials needed for the production of explosive substances inn the world and problems with supplies are quite possible
The EU Commission allocated ASAP funds for the Pan-European missile manufacturer MBDA to produce more Enforcer missile systems.