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U.S. OKs Potential $3.5 Billion Deal With Germany For Standard Missiles

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, November 14th, 2025

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U.S. OKs Potential $3.5 Billion Deal With Germany For Standard Missiles

The USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) launches a Standard Missile-6 interceptor on June 19, 2014. Photo courtesy U.S. Navy.

The State Department said on Nov. 14 it has approved a potential $3.5 billion deal with Germany for the sale of Standard Missile 6 Block I and Standard Missile 2 Block IIICs. Under the new Foreign Military Sale (FMS), Germany would receive up to 173 SM-6 Block I missiles and up to 577 SM-2 Block IIIC missiles, built by RTX [RTX]. “The proposed sale will improve Germany’s capability to meet current and future threats by providing integrated air and missile…

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