“We believe that Russia will be capable of waging war against NATO countries within a period of five to eight years,” said the head of the German armed forces.
THE head of the German armed forces Inspector General Carsten Breuer he demanded that his country quickly develop a missile defense to counter potential threats from Russia.
“We have five to eight years. Within this period we must install a missile defense system. There is no alternative”General Breuer told the newspapers of the Funke Mediengruppe media group today.
“We think so Russia will be capable of waging war against NATO states within a period of five to eight years. Until then, we in Germany must also be able to repel such an attack”he emphasized.
Russian President Vladimir Putin does not hide his intentions towards the Westsaid General Breuer, adding however that an attack on a western country is currently the worst of the scenarios.
Nevertheless it could happen “across the spectrum – from cyber attacks to drones and missiles.”
The same rejected statements in Germany by officials calling for the conflict in Ukraine to be allowed to freeze. “Freezing a war requires that it be accepted by both sides. There isn’t a frozen conflict in the world that hasn’t been rekindled,” Breuer said. “The current military situation in Ukraine makes a freeze on the war seem neither possible nor desirable.”
The head of the German armed forces reacted with these statements to comments that had been made earlier this month in parliament by Rolf Mutsenich, the head of Chancellor Olaf Soltz’s Social Democrats parliamentary group.
“Isn’t it time we talked?not only about how to wage a war, but also to think about how to freeze a war and end it later?”Mutsenich had stated.
He then stated that the opposition used his statement piecemeal and expressed unwavering support for sovereignty and the territorial integrity of Ukraine within the pre-2014 borders.
The German government has created a special fund of 100 billion euros to upgrade the Bundeswehr, the German armed forces.
According to General Breuer, 80% of the funds have now been allocated and their allocation will be completed by the end of the yearbut with potential supply delays.
“Most of the material has been orderedbut it has not yet reached the troops to the extent that I would like,” said Breuer, who considers these 100 billion euros to be “initial funding.”
“We need to stabilize defense spending. The defense budget must remain in the long term at 2% of economic output,” he stressed.
Source :Skai
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