Tag: armed forces
Soldier receives more than one million euros to build military robots
Dusseldorf Marc Wietfeld received a good one million euros from investors to solve the Bundeswehr’s major problems. That doesn’t sound like much in the defense sector, where large projects cost…
Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso decide on defense alliance
Archive image Military in Mali, shortly after the first coup in 2020. (Photo: AP) Bamako According to information from Bamako, the military-ruled West African states of Mali, Niger and Burkina…
Military coup
Emmanuel Macron The French president says the ambassador and diplomatic staff are literally being held hostage at the embassy. (Photo: IMAGO/IP3press) Paris, Ougadougou According to President Emmanuel Macron, the French…
Li Shangfu: Where is China’s Defense Minister?
Li Shangfu A planned trip by the minister to Vietnam was canceled at short notice. (Photo: dpa) Beijing China’s Defense Minister Li Shangfu has not appeared in public for almost…
Arms start-up becomes Europe’s first armaments unicorn
Dusseldorf The German defense start-up Helsing receives 209 million euros in a new round of financing. The US venture capitalist General Catalyst, the Swedish Saab Group as a strategic investor…
Latvia and Estonia buy German air defense system
Iris-T SLM air defense system The manufacturer promises an almost 100% kill rate. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin Estonia and Latvia are investing massively in their security and are joining the joint…
The federal government wants to invest in Thyssen-Krupp’s submarine subsidiary
Thyssen-Krupp Marine Systems in Kiel The shipbuilder with 6,500 employees is one of the world’s leading providers of conventional submarines. (Photo: IMAGO/penofoto) Berlin, Frankfurt The industrial group Thyssen-Krupp is negotiating…
Habeck advisers want to bypass Parliament for armaments orders
Rheinmetall factory in Kassel The government should be able to decide more freely which armaments it orders, advisers to the Economics Minister are proposing. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin Scientific advisors to…
Germany has apparently bought back anti-aircraft Gepard tanks from Qatar
Anti-aircraft tank Gepard in action in Ukraine Berlin The Ukrainian Ambassador Oleksiy Makejev reported on Thursday from the Putlos military training area in Schleswig-Holstein, where Ukrainian soldiers are being trained…
Russia, TikTok and the case of Carsten L.
Bruno Kahl Bruno Kahl has been President of the Federal Intelligence Service since 2016. (Photo: imago/photothek) Berlin Mr. Kahl, since Russia’s attack on Ukraine, the Federal Intelligence Service has been…
How AI is changing warfare
New York, Berlin, San Francisco Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving into the military – but that’s not to say what the cinema fears. “The self-learning killer from Terminator scenarios doesn’t…
How the coalition is exploiting the climate and transformation fund
In order to get out of its financial dilemma, the federal government resorted to a trick that it has been using more and more in recent months: instead of the…
Is Moscow’s influence in Central Africa now waning?
demonstration In the Central African Republic, the Kremlin has great influence: Russian has been a compulsory language at the university since 2021, the Orthodox Church is recognized by the state…
A general’s anger splits Russia’s army
Ivan Popov After his release, the general railed against the Russian military leadership. (Photo: dpa) Vienna After the domestic political tide has calmed down somewhat after the Wagner mutiny, the…
Why Germany is in danger of missing the two percent target
Berlin/Washington Christian Lindner (FDP), as a reserve officer and major in the Air Force, had one message that was particularly important when presenting the budget: Germany will finally meet the…
“Indecisiveness is weakness” – Nato disappoints Kiev
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg Ukraine has had accession prospects since 2008. (Photo: Bloomberg) Vilnius The NATO states promised Ukraine new weapon systems at their summit in Vilnius, but disappointed…
How NATO is preparing for a war with Russia
Polish soldiers on the border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad NATO’s defense lines are to be strengthened in such a way that it will be practically impossible to breach…
These NATO countries meet the two percent target
The 31 NATO member states have a lot to discuss at the July 11-12 summit in Lithuania’s capital, Vilnius. The Ukraine war and military support for Kiev are likely to…
Ukrainian forces continue counteroffensive
Ukrainian counteroffensive A French LRU M270 Multiple Rocket Launcher System stands in Ukrainian positions on the front line in Donetsk. (Photo: dpa) Kyiv Before the start of the NATO summit…
“The only real security guarantee for Ukraine is NATO membership”
Ben Hodges The retired lieutenant general commanded the US land forces in Europe for a good three years. (Photo: imago images/Jürgen Heinrich) Berlin The former Supreme Commander of the US…