Germany Is Undergoing A Historic Defense Industrial Makeover

IRIS-T missile defense system

Ukraine has been using ground-launched IRIS-T missiles to down Russian cruise missiles.

Credit: Ukraine Defense Ministry
Germany is racing against time to become war-ready. The starting gun fired four years ago when then-Chancellor Olaf Scholz declared a turning point—a Zeitenwende—in the country’s defense posture after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Now the government and defense industry are trying to turn...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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