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Why is Germany pivoting to becoming a military superpower?

The 2022 invasion of Ukraine pivoted Germany’s once discrete war machine to a star-studded spec...

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14.10 3 Sep 2025


Why is Germany pivoting to becoming a military superpower?


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14.10 3 Sep 2025


The 2022 invasion of Ukraine pivoted Germany’s once discrete war machine to a star-studded spectacle.

With the glamour of an ‘upmarket car showroom’, a new shell factory (which will produce 350,000 shells annually) was launched using dry ice and a laser show.

Is this odd display of German militarism part of the zeitgeist?

Derek Scally, Berlin Correspondent for the Irish Times, joins Seán to discuss.


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