Armaments: "Shortening the killing chain" – What the war of the future means for Germany's armament plans
Rapid advances in AI and drones are changing the logic of war. But Germany is still building up its military in a traditional way. Yet it has all the prerequisites for a high-tech army.
Germany's military, the Bundeswehr, is still investing in traditional warfare technology, but the future of war is rapidly changing with the use of artificial intelligence, drones, and unmanned systems. The war in Ukraine has shown how quickly new technologies can become standard, and the Bundeswehr aims to be technologically superior by 2035.
The German military is exploring the use of unmanned systems, deep strike capabilities, and mass deployment, but it may be falling behind. The Inspekteur des Heeres, Generalleutnant Christian Freuding, notes that the availability of reconnaissance, networking of sensors and weapon systems, and the mass deployment of unmanned systems are changing the way wars are fought.
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