Tag: Armed Forces
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Operation “Irini”: EU transfers seized military equipment to third countries
After Ghana, another state is to receive “land vehicles for military purposes” seized in an EU mission off Libya. The EU passes on military equipment to third countries that was seized in the military mission “Irini” off Libya. After a delivery of 105 armoured vehicles to Ghana, another government could now benefit from such a […]
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German anti-terrorism exercise: Police and military practice together in Bavaria
In “AlpenTEX”, the German Armed Forces and the state police are training for a terrorist emergency. Actually, the Federal Police would be called in for this, but they have been specifically written out of the exercise scenario. For two days, the German Armed Forces and the police trained in Füssen, Bavaria, to counter terrorist threats. […]
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German Bundeswehr: The Army does not want to be intercepted
In order to communicate securely, land forces in NATO missions allegedly stop their tanks and arrange to talk “tower to tower”. The German Armed Forces also want to communicate in a tap-proof manner and use encrypted connections for this purpose. This is a problem especially for the Army, which is still not equipped with digital […]