COLOGNE, Germany — Germany is prepared to host advanced U.S. missiles meant to deter Russia under a Biden-era plan, but final confirmation of the move by the Trump administration is still outstanding.

At issue is the future of a July 2024 declaration by Germany and the United States, made on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Washington, that said Germany would facilitate “episodic deployments,” beginning in 2026, of long-range fires capabilities belonging to the U.S. Army’s Wiesbaden, Germany-based Multi-Domain Task Force.

Fourteen months on, with a new U.S. administration in charge, officials at the defense ministry in Berlin told Defense News they believe the plan is still on.

“The federal government has no indications that the U.S. side has reneged from the temporary stationing of lo

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