The UK and Germany are teaming up on a missile to outclass their powerful Storm Shadow or Taurus

• The UK and Germany signed a caller defense statement connected Wednesday.
• The statement includes a committedness to create caller deep-strike weapons.
• The caller weapons will person a greater scope than nan existent Storm Shadow aliases Taurus, nan UK said.

The UK and Germany signed a "first-of-its-kind" defense statement connected Wednesday arsenic nan 2 countries committed to "deepen" their defense cooperation.

The statement includes a promise to activity together connected processing caller deep-strike weapons and caller drones, among different things, according to a press release from nan UK government.

UK Defense Secretary John Healey said successful a connection that nan woody marked "a milestone infinitesimal successful our narration pinch Germany and a awesome strengthening of Europe's security."

"It secures unprecedented levels of caller practice pinch nan German Armed Forces and industry, bringing benefits to our shared information and prosperity, protecting our shared values and boosting our defence business bases," he said.

As portion of nan agreement, nan UK and Germany will purpose to create a caller limb strategy pinch a greater scope and accuracy than existent missiles, specified arsenic nan UK's Storm Shadow and nan German-made Taurus, which person ranges of astir 155 miles and 310 miles respectively.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has agelong asked Western friends to let nan usage of specified long-range systems connected targets heavy wrong Russia.

But nan UK has continued to garbage Ukraine specified permission, while Germany has many times ruled retired sending nan Taurus rocket to Kyiv.

Wednesday's statement will besides spot nan UK and Germany statesman moving to equip German Sea King helicopters pinch modern rocket systems and let German P8 craft to "periodically operate" from Scotland to take sides nan North Atlantic.

"The UK-German 'Trinity House Agreement' is not only an important constituent of nan UK Government's 'reset' pinch Europe - it is an elevation of nan UK-German defense and information narration that is acold much eager than its predecessors," Ed Arnold, a elder investigation chap for European Security astatine nan Royal United Services Institute deliberation tank, said successful a property statement.

It comes arsenic nan UK announced a caller £2.26 cardinal (roughly $2.9 billion) indebtedness to Ukraine.

Business Insider has contacted nan UK Ministry of Defence for comment.