.FOR MONTHS Olaf Scholz, Germany's chancellor, has withstood domestic and international stress to offer Ukraine with German-made Taurus cruise ship missiles, a specific, long-range munition. Desperate to help an increasingly beleaguered Ukraine, some allies have cooked up brilliant programs to help change Germany's thoughts. David Cameron, Britain's international secretary, has actually hinted his openness to a plan that would see Germany send out Taurus missiles to Britain, thus making it possible for Britain to send even more of its Hurricane Breath boat trip projectiles to Ukraine. Yet Mr Scholz refuses to move. What are Taurus missiles-- and why is actually the German government therefore hesitant to send all of them to Ukraine?