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 "title": "Budget Committee Clears Two Replacement Patriot Fire Units via FMS — About EUR 650 Million, EUR 560 Million Prepaid for an Earlier Slot",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/bundestag-budget-committee-two-replacement-patriot-fire-units-fms-650-million-norway-560-million-prepaid/",
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 "published": "2026-10-14T19:50:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-10-16T19:50:17.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBerlin, 14 October 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * The Bundestag's budget committee approved on 14 October the replacement of the Patriot fire units Germany gave Ukraine in 2025; the defence ministry's release states only the route, a Foreign Military Sales purchase through the US government, and gives no figure\n * hartpunkt, citing no document, puts the total at about EUR 650 million, with Norway contributing more than EUR 300 million, over half; the net sum of about EUR 560 million, exclud",
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