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https://www.dw.com/en/will-germany-spend-big-on-an-israeli-missile-defense-shield/a-61291987

Israel's successful shootdown of thousands of Hamas rockets during a brief, but intense exchange of violence last year heightened the allure of missile defense.
With Russian missiles now falling on NATO's doorstep in Ukraine, German officials are weighing whether it's time to adopt a similar model, according to a report in mass-circulation Bild on Sunday.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz broadly confirmed that report.
"I can tell you it's definitely among the things we are discussing, and for good reason," he told ARD, a public broadcaster, on Sunday. "We have to be prepared for everything, seeing that we have a neighbor that is prepared to use violence to carry out its interests."
The German government has been tight-lipped since, saying only that missile defense is part of preliminary discussions about what it might acquire with a forthcoming 100 billion ($110 billion) in additional military spending. Scholz announced the top-up at the end of February, in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
German defense officials are expected to get a briefing from Israeli counterparts on their options. The news has received broad support from across party lines.
"This is a noteworthy strategic answer to the threat that we see from Russia towards our own country," Friedrich Merz, the chair of the opposition center-right Christian Democrat party (CDU), told reporters on Monday.
While a direct Russian attack on Germany or NATO allies is still seen as unlikely, defense officials view an upgrade in military hardware as a necessary deterrent to Russian aggression and a signal of support to nervous neighbors on Russia's border.
Missile defense, along with Germany's earlier announcement of plans to purchase the US-made F-35, a nuclear-capable stealth attack aircraft, is part of a credible deterrent, said Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, the defense committee chair in the Bundestag, the German parliament.
"It's good to have an open discussion about this, and even better to implement quickly," she said.
An overhaul of the German military is likely to take years.

Wow.

Russia is going to have to attack Germany now to defend themselves against this potential defensive system. Only way to secure a defence against NATO.

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I say /s but I bet some right wing person will legitimately say this and believe it.

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Remind me which one is currently sucking up to Russia?

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Both suck, so not sure what your point is?