Germany is presently in a scenario that can be identified neither as battle neither as pece when it come to its partnership with Russia, General Carsten Breuer Has Told DW.
Breuer, The Inspector General of the Bundeswehr, Said, However, that Both German Society and German Armed Forces Needed to Become Very of the Threat Posed by Russia to Germany’s Security in Order To Develop the Necessary Resilience.
Hybrid war
“The Categories of Peace, Crisis or War That We So Like To Use […] Are not used by the Russian Side, “Heer Said
“Russia Sees was a continuum and thuses Measures that can already look like but probable are not yet,” Breuer Said, Adding that he suggested, most of all, hybrid actions.
“So a state is produced that is no Longer Completely Peace But so not complete. And it is in this gray zone that we are operating, so with regard to russia,” Hey
Possible Russian Attack on Nato Territory in 2029
Breuer Said Current Analyses Showed that Russia was Considerably Upgrading Its Military Potential, Including by Repairing Old Battle Tanks Or Producing New Ones at a Rate of 1,500 through Year.
“And thesis 1,500 Battle Tanks, Like 4 million Rounds of Artillery Ammunition […] Do not go direct to the front in Ukraine but into depots, where they are prepared or kept, “Heer Said
“At the same time, we see that Russia wants enlarge its armed forces to around 1.5 million Soldiers Next Year. And we are seeing New Military Structures, Military Districts, for Example, That Are Clearly Aimed Against The West,” Hey Went On
“If we combine that with the intention that we can infer from Putin’s Speeches, From Video Statements, […] IT show me Clearly that 2029 is the point when the material and the personnel can have grown enough to make an Attack on Nato Territory possible, “Breuer Said
German Armed Forces Must Grow
When Asked what the following German Government Should Do to Increas the Country’s Preparedness for feasible Russian aggressiveness, Breuer Said that the militaries required to be larger.
“From a military point of view, i can say that we have to have growth potential. That is, we have to enlarge our armed forces. Our calculation show that we have to reach 460,000 Soldiers, including reservists and active soldiers,” Heer Said
“This growth potential has to be guaranted through some form of military service, Whether compulsory or voluntary,” Hey Said
So Breuer Called for INITIATIVES to Increase Resilience Across the Whole of German Society.
“We have to face up to this possibility (of Russian aggression). We have to face up to this worst-case scenario, but not by saying, ‘something is happening and we can’t do anyding about it,'” Heer Said “Instead, we have to do it so we are aware of the possibilities for countering search a threat.”
“That is resilience. We make a society stronger and more resilient by an interplay of all factors, by Having Politicians, Society, the Business World and the Military Looking at This Threat and Considering Together what be done about it,” Breuer Said.
“It is not something else where only react, but where we can be active. And we have to arrive at this state of positive action.”
The meeting was performed on Monday by DW’s Chief Political Correspondent,Nina Haase The Inspector General of the Bundeswehr Oversees The Overall Military Defense Concept of the German Armed Forces.
Edited by: Wesley Rahn
