Tuesday, March 26

Germany studies installing anti-missile defense systems


the german government it is proposed to install a special anti-missile defense system in the face of the new security situation in Europe posed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “These are reflections that have not yet led to a concrete decision,” said the German government spokesman, Steffen Hebestreit, at the Executive’s usual press conference on Monday.

“Faced with a situation in which one of the neighbors is not willing to respect rules certain measures must be taken,” he added.

However, Hebestreit did not want to go into details about the type of system that is planned to equip the German Army because, he said, it is too early for that. “It’s about something that’s in a preliminary phase of discussion. He has come to light for an indiscretion and Chancellor Olaf Scholz has confirmed that the reflections exist when questioned about it. More can not be said, “he explained.

Scholz had confirmed reflections on the matter during the weekend in declarations to the program Anne Will, of the German public television. “That is among the things we discuss and there are reasons for it,” Scholz said when questioned about it. The idea circulating is to provide Germany with a similar to Iron Dome which is used in Israel, which should encompass the entire country.

“We have to be prepared for the fact that there is a neighbor who is willing to resort to violence to impose his interests,” the foreign minister added.

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Previously, the Sunday newspaper “Bild am Sonntag” had published information about it and specified that it would be a possible purchase of the Israeli Arrow 3 system, which is in a position to destroy missiles at high altitude, even in the stratosphere. According to the ‘Bild am Sonntag’ the purchase would cost €2 billion.

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After the beginning of the war, Scholz announced a notable increase in the defense budget and the creation of a special fund of 100,000 million euros to invest in the years to come. However, the latter requires a constitutional reform for which it needs the support of the main opposition parliamentary group, formed by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian ally the Christian Social Union (CSU) to obtain a qualified majority.


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