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Will Germany give a Taurus missile to Ukraine before a Russian missile or drone hits a target in a NATO country?
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If Germany gives Ukraine a Taurus missile before a Russian missile or drone hits a target in a NATO country, and before January 1st 2031, this question resolves as YES.

If a Russian missile or drone hits a target in a NATO country before Germany gives Ukraine a Taurus missile, and before January 1st 2031, this question resolves as NO.

If neither of these two events occur before January 1st 2031, this question resolves as N/A. The events in question must occur after May 1st 2024.

A target in the context of this question includes (but is not limited to): military or civilian personnel, vehicles, infrastructure.

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I'm tentatively resolving this NO. From what I can see, Germany has not given Ukraine any Taurus missiles. For the Russian drone hit I think the only controversy will be over whether the apartment building struck was a "target" or just a crash site.

@wasabipesto definitely counts as civilian infrastructure

@wasabipesto "target", to me, implies that the site either had some strategic significance that would make it a potential target, or that it was actually targeted by the drone. Neither applies here since the drone was (according to Romania) diverted by Ukrainian air defence and hit an ordinary residential building

That said, I suppose a precedent was set when this market previously resolved NO in similar circumstances (and was only unresolved due to an error of fact). And I can hardly complain about making a profit

@a_l_e_x the description is pretty clear

@a_l_e_x the definition of target you're using is different to the one that's explicitly given in this question's description for the context of this question

@Dulaman no, it isn't, but there's no need to keep tagging me. As I said, a precedent was set and I have no interest in overturning it given I made a profit betting NO.

@a_l_e_x yes it is. You said something that was wrong and I was correcting that statement. Let's just leave it at that and move on.

bought Ṁ28 NO

@mods creator deleted. Resolves NO

bought Ṁ30 NO

the plot thickens!

maybe we'll have to wait until russian soldiers make it to berlin

Russia committed an act of war against a NATO country. Thank you mods for resolving fairly.

and germany still hasn't given ukraine a taurus missile. Wouldn't want to provoke russia now would we?

@Dulaman appeasement never works

@Lorelai ha, just read the comments section of this question and see the crap spouted by users like @AnT

stupid people never learn

@Dulaman you should check out the market on Poland, created by someone trying to pretend that Russia sending 19 kamikaze drones into Poland wasn't an act of war. Completely mind boggling.

@Lorelai these people have been getting pumped with russian misinformation over many years, past a certain point they're conditioned to say the words all by themselves. No matter how delusional it is

@traders russian attack drone was sent into Poland and hit a house

PBS News https://share.google/ky4KIFA2kYWDFvz29

Question resolves NO