Overview
- Germany unveiled its first stand‑alone military strategy Wednesday, laying out a three‑phase buildup that targets technological superiority by 2039.
- The plan sets a force goal of at least 460,000 troops, including about 260,000 active soldiers and 200,000 reservists, with mandatory service kept as a fallback if voluntary recruitment lags.
- The document names Russia as the primary danger to European security and withholds detailed threat assessments, which Pistorius said would stay classified.
- Funding and reforms include a roughly €100 billion special defense fund, looser debt limits for military spending, faster procurement, and a push into long‑range strike, air and missile defense, and AI.
- The strategy envisions Germany carrying more weight on a stronger European pillar within NATO as the United States focuses more on the Indo‑Pacific.