An unprecedented rearmament effort in Germany is being accompanied by a dramatic expansion of the powers of the German foreign intelligence service (BND) and increasing internal...
Based on the “strategic industry dialogue” and a new strategy paper from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs, Berlin aims to gain military power by directing...
Major German media organizations are fueling the debate on declaring a “state of tension,” a precursor to a “state of defense,” and on mobilization. On Wednesday,...
Stark, a drone startup backed by Peter Thiel, has failed in tests with the British and German armed forces. The Berlin-based startup, supported by Palantir founder...
Fourteen NATO countries, including Germany, are completing this year’s “Steadfast Noon” nuclear exercise today (October 24). The Steadfast Noon exercise, held annually in October, simulates a...
With the Red Storm Bravo maneuver that began today, the German Armed Forces are conducting a large-scale military exercise for the first time, not only in...
The German Armed Forces are rehearsing a possible war against Russia as part of the large-scale NATO exercise Quadriga. For several weeks, soldiers from NATO member...
German arms giant Rheinmetall is opening the country’s largest ammunition factory, which will also rank as the second-largest in Europe. Rheinmetall has emerged as the biggest...
The biorobotics start-up Swarm Biotactics has proposed to German authorities that it strengthen the Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces) with swarms of cybernetic cockroaches equipped with special...
The German army has been trying to increase its personnel in recent years amid rhetoric of war with Russia. Although the goal is to soon raise...