Tag: Ukraine War
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German Police to hack into servers abroad, Minister of the Interior speaks of “turning point”
Federal cyber defence authorities are to be strengthened with two amendments to the Constitution. This is the plan of Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser. Critics call the envisaged capabilities “hackbacks”. “We fundamentally reject hackbacks as a means of cyber defence,”…
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Jammers: Even more drone defence for Ukraine
Russia and Ukraine are now fighting a drone war. The US, Germany and now NATO are supplying technology against it. The Ukraine war has long since become a drone war. In no other military conflict have so many unmanned aerial…
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Loitering munition: Rheinmetall sells first kamikaze drones to NATO state
In the present wars, the military is increasingly using remote-controlled warheads. The German defence ministry calls such weapons “worrying”. But after similar plans a decade ago, the Bundeswehr is again considering to procure them. For the first time, the arms…
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Ukraine war: NATO spy drones work overtime
The Western military alliance is stationing five Global Hawks in Sicily. Germany is the main contributor, provides a quarter of the personnel and opens a flight corridor. The drones were even seen in a triple mission with US Global Hawks.…