Saturday, May 27, 2006

> Bundeswehr >

23-7-25 Can Germany Really Become Europe's Great Military Power? - Waro > .23-3-30 100 billion euros for Bundeswehr: Procurement Problems | DW > .23-1-21 Germany's Modern Military | Animated History | ArmHis > .
23-1-17 New Wave of German Strategic Defense Policy - PZ > .

The Bundeswehr ([ˈbʊndəsˌveːɐ̯] (listen), meaning literally: Federal Defence) is the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. The Bundeswehr is divided into a military part (armed forces or Streitkräfte) and a civil part, the military part consisting of the German Army, the German Navy, the German Air Force, the Joint Support Service, the Joint Medical Service, and the Cyber and Information Domain Service.

As of 28 February 2022, the Bundeswehr had a strength of 183,638 active-duty military personnel and 81,318 civilians, placing it among the 30 largest military forces in the world, and making it the second largest in the European Union behind France. In addition, the Bundeswehr has approximately 30,050 reserve personnel (2020). With German military expenditures at $56.0 billion, the Bundeswehr is the seventh highest-funded military in the world, though military expenditures remain relatively average at 1.3% of national GDP, well below the non-binding NATO target of 2%. Germany is aiming to expand the Bundeswehr to around 203,000 soldiers by 2025 to better cope with increasing responsibilities.

On 27 February 2022, following concerns from the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Germany announced a major shift in policy, pledging a €100 billion special fund for the Bundeswehr – to remedy years of underinvestment – along with raising the budget to above 2% GDP. Still, according to information from defense politicians of the federal german parliament, representatives of the armaments industry and other experts, as of October 2022 the Bundeswehr only has such a small amount of live ammunition in stock, that it would only last for one or two days during wartime.

Friday, May 26, 2006

> Canada's Security >


Economy 

> NATO > >
24-3-7 Alarming assessment of Canada's military | CBC National >23-3-1 CSIS & How Xina Bought Canada’s Elections - Uncensored > .


Arctic and Antarctica - Just Have a Think >> .

> Communications Infrastructure >


22-10-14 [Cables another target for Pootin's desperate sabotage?] - nwyt > . 




Communication Networks in Space 





> Combat Operations - 21st >


Tuesday, May 23, 2006

> French Armed Forces >

> France >>
24-7-1 French [Snap, Round 1] Election Results Explained - Simple > . comment .
> French Armed Forces >>>
24-11-12 Europe Needs To Wake Up [and remilitarize] - Warfronts > .
> Logistics, Costs of Warfare >>

23-5-14 French Defence Strategy & Rearmament - strategic autonomy - Perun > .


The French Armed Forces (Forces armées françaises) encompass the Army, the Navy, the Air and Space Force and the Gendarmerie of the French Republic. The President of France heads the armed forces as Chief of the Armed Forces.

France has the sixth largest defence budget in the world and the first in the European Union (EU). It has the largest armed forces in size in the European Union. According to Credit Suisse, the French Armed Forces are ranked as the world's sixth-most powerful military.

sī vīs pācem, parā bellum

igitur quī dēsīderat pācem praeparet bellum    therefore, he who desires peace, let him prepare for war sī vīs pācem, parā bellum if you wan...