Overview
- The episode aired on Thursday, October 9 at 22:15 on ZDF and is available to stream in the ZDF-Mediathek.
- The broadcast focused on sabotage risks to power grids and rail lines as well as unauthorized drone activity over airports and military sites.
- Guests included Armin Laschet, Franziska Brantner, Inspector General Carsten Breuer, police union chief Jochen Kopelke, Giovanni di Lorenzo and Kerstin Münstermann.
- The panel examined which authority should counter such threats—police, Bundeswehr or domestic intelligence—with Interior Minister Dobrindt’s plan to expand Bundespolizei powers highlighted.
- The discussion reflected ongoing defense-policy divisions, with the Union advocating general conscription and Defense Minister Pistorius and the SPD favoring voluntary service.