While existing nuclear arms control agreements have not thus far been openly called into question, they may yet become consumed by the ongoing Ukraine crisis. Berlin should argue against NATO re-directing missile defences at a Russian threat. In order to prevent a further weakening of the nuclear...
Russian spies leaked a 38-minute audio file of German military officials discussing Taurus cruise missile deliveries to Ukraine, raising questions about the military’s information security practices, as reported by Russian state broadcaster RT. The German Defence Ministry has accused Russia of launching...
Germany, the largest backer of Ukraine in Europe, vowed to upgrade its eroded Bundeswehr army and boost defence as part of a "Zeitenwende" - or "turning point" - in a policy shift announced shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. As part of the shift, Germany ...
According to Agence France Presse on February 5th, against the backdrop of serious divisions in Germany caused by military aid to Ukraine, German Chancellor Scholz announced at a campaign rally on the 5th that he would transform Alstom's train manufacturing plant into a military factory for produc...
While Berlin had previously sent thousands of portable anti-tank and anti-aircraft missile systems, ammunition, helmets and other equipment to Ukraine, it’s been lagging far behind Kiev’s top suppliers of heavy military hardware. Germany has so far sent seven Panzerhaubitzes 2000 (PzH), self...
Its because the Germans and Japanese, looking back to the disaster of hindered supply chains during the covid era and looking at the war in Ukraine, want to deepen economic ties so that they will not be so dependent on other countries in case of another disaster. Scholz said that both Ger...
to Ukraine, even including Leopard 2 main battle tanks.Footnote2In addition, the government created a € 100 billion special fund for investments into the force readiness of theBundeswehr(German armed forces) and declared the intent to meet the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) goal of...
Iran's government has proposed to triple its military budget, its spokeswoman said Tuesday, as tensions with arch-rival Israel rise following recent tit-for-tat missile strikes. Government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani outlined the move that would see "a significant increase of more ...
Der Spiegel quoted Ralph Tiesler, president of the Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance, as predicting that“enemy actors could take measures to hamper or slow down the movement of NATO troops,”be it through sabotage or a missile strike. German police and emergency services...
Moldova, sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine, has also had drone fragments fall onto its territory. The defense ministry said the fragments were found in the southeastern county of Galati, 500 meters (547 yards) away from the border with Moldova and its Danube river port of Giurgiulesti. ...