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CEPA's Hoffmann surveys Europe's push to build cruise missiles free of US parts

CEPA fellow Fabian Hoffmann surveys Europe's cruise missile push: Destinus's Ruta Block 2 for Ukraine, MBDA's Land Cruise Missile due for order in 2029 and Germany's Kongsberg Joint Strike Missile buys, arguing these programmes cut reliance on US systems.

Verified Opinion Abroad AI-drafted CEPA article, 22 May 2026

What it does not test. Does not itself record a new May 2026 contract or delivery; the programmes cited were ordered or presented on other dates.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. opinion surveys missile programmes; moves nothing beyond what each programme already sets. European Sovereignty Index

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. How the record is made

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