Germany Aims to Sell S. Korea Missiles

Germany plans to sell South Korea surplus ground to air US-made Patriot missiles in a deal worth millions of dollars, the Financial Times Deutschland (FTD) reported in its Monday edition. Defense ministry officials were in the South Korean capital Seoul last week to put the final touches to the deal, it said, quoting military sources. But the deal would only be finalized next year. The German military wants to cut the number of its batteries of Patriots from 32 to 24, according to the newspaper.