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 "title": "Pistorius Sends PAC-2 Interceptors From Bundeswehr Stock as Khmara Contracts 1,000 Patriot Missiles",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/pistorius-pac-2-interceptors-bundeswehr-stock-khmara-1000-patriot-missiles-300-now/",
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 "type": "article",
 "published": "2026-09-08T14:48:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-09-09T14:48:34.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBerlin, 8 September 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Boris Pistorius told the 36th Ukraine Defence Contact Group, held by video on 8 September, that he had decided to deliver PAC-2 interceptors from Bundeswehr stock; the ministry's note gives no quantity and no date and describes the transfer as the one announced at the Ankara summit in July\n * Germany also sends more AIM-9L Sidewinder rounds from stock, continues IRIS-T deliveries with several thousand more to be ordered under the EU loan, a",
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