Colonel, you are researching hybrid warfare. What makes it different from “normal” military warfare? Reinhard Bingener Political correspondent for Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Bremen based in Hanover. Hybrid warfare is nothing new, we in the West just have a hard time understanding unorthodox forms of warfare. What is important is that in hybrid wars there … Read more
VDefense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) is planning a major restructuring of the armed forces, which is intended to strengthen the army in particular. In the future, the Bundeswehr will have four branches of the armed forces: the army, the navy, the air force and, as a new branch, the “Cyber and Information Space” (CIR), each … Read more
Dhe debate about German cruise missiles continues. Within the opposition and also the traffic light government there are vehement supporters of delivering the Taurus to Ukraine. They argue that France and Great Britain have already handed over similar longer-range weapons. This speaks against the Chancellor’s arguments that Germany is becoming a warring party with a … Read more
Doesn’t want to do Putin any favors: Defense Minister Pistorius in Berlin on Tuesday Image: Omer Messinger The defense minister calls the Taurus wiretapping a “perfidious game” by Putin. Although he sees serious mistakes on the part of the Bundeswehr, he does not want to fire anyone. FSince Saturday, technical experts from the Military Counterintelligence … Read more
F-35 aircraft on HMS Prince of Wales Image: dpa While British aircraft carriers fly the flag on the world’s oceans, the army lacks ammunition and men. Now Britain is debating whether its armed forces would be ready for war. EA week before the start of the largest NATO naval exercise in the North Atlantic in … Read more
DThe Bundeswehr frigate Hessen unknowingly shot at a drone belonging to an allied country during its operation in the Red Sea. A spokesman for the Ministry of Defense reported on Wednesday that the German warship had spotted a drone in the operational area on Monday that could not initially be assigned to any of the … Read more
The Armed Forces will take a step forward in their involvement in the fight against drug trafficking. If until now the military only intervened by order of a judge of the National Court, from now on they will also do so at the request of the Anti-Drug Prosecutor’s Office. The fact that the Navy could … Read more
DThe frigate “Hessen”, which was deployed in the Red Sea to protect merchant ships, repelled the first attack by the Houthi militia operating from Yemen. According to information from the German Press Agency, the ship involved in the EU military mission “Aspides” successfully fought two enemy aircraft targets on Tuesday evening. It was the German … Read more