Trump's lock on Euro-PULS sparks German angst over control of NATO rockets

Germany bet big on a “Zeitenwende” rocket revolution—only to find Washington quietly holding the kill switch. After three years of lobbying two US administrations, Berlin has again been told it cannot plug its US-made GMLRS rockets into the new Euro‑PULS launchers it is buying for the Bundeswehr. That leaves fresh German systems unable to fire the very munitions NATO armies from Poland to the Baltics are standardizing around, and raises awkward questions about who really controls Europe’s long‑range firepower.