Bavarian premier wants tens of thousands of tanks, drones, missiles

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2025-03-01

Munich (dpa) - In response to the new international security situation, the premier of the southern German state of Bavaria, Markus Söder, is calling for a massive upgrade of the German Armed Forces, the Bundeswehr. "The Bundeswehr needs full equipment. This includes a drone army with 100,000 drones, 800 new tanks, as well as 2,000 Patriots and 1,000 Tauruses just for Germany, as a protective shield similar to [Israel's] 'Iron Dome,'" Söder, who......

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