Better defense capability: top economist accuses Pistorius of wrong investments
Instead of ordering highly complex, custom-built tanks in small numbers or 200 anti-aircraft missiles, it must therefore be about production capacities
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Instead of ordering highly complex, custom-made tanks in small numbers or 200 anti-aircraft missiles, it must therefore be about building production capacities. “In other words, we no longer order the single device, but the entire factory, which can then produce 2,000 instead of 200 rockets per year very quickly in an emergency,” said Schularick. He could imagine, for example, the former Telekom CEO René Obermann or ex-Airbus CEO Tom Enders as such a coordinator in the Chancellery, said the economist. It is not enough to spend a lot of money and replenish the Bundeswehr’s stockpiles. "Rather, we have to think right from the start about what the economic processes have to look like so that the necessary weapons systems can be reproduced really quickly and in sufficient quantities in case of cases," he said.
Furthermore, This means that instead of more soldiers, more manned vehicles and more barracks, we must rely on AI, robotics, drones and satellite technology wherever possible. A single and also “very slow” ministry is, from the point of view of the economist, overwhelmed with the reorganization of the German and European defense strategy. The largely credit-financed billion program, which could also stimulate economic growth if used correctly, therefore threatens to largely evaporate. “We have a lot of capital, a lot of industrial know-how and in some areas also still state-of-the-art technologies,” said the IfW CEO with a view to Germany’s strengths. What we don’t have are hundreds of thousands of people who want to get into tanks and go to the front. Instead, someone is needed who is equipped with political power, who can bring together industry, start-ups and ministries, who can eliminate friction and focus everything on one goal.
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Instead of ordering highly complex, custom-made tanks in small numbers or 200 anti-aircraft missiles, it must therefore be about building production capacities. “In other words, we no longer order the single device, but the entire factory, which can then produce 2,000 instead of 200 rockets per year very quickly in an emergency,” said Schularick.
reliability low1/4 sourcesHe could imagine, for example, the former Telekom CEO René Obermann or ex-Airbus CEO Tom Enders as such a coordinator in the Chancellery, said the economist.
reliability low1/4 sourcesIt is not enough to spend a lot of money and replenish the Bundeswehr’s stockpiles. "Rather, we have to think right from the start about what the economic processes have to look like so that the necessary weapons systems can be reproduced really quickly and in sufficient quantities in case of cases," he said.
reliability low1/4 sourcesThis means that instead of more soldiers, more manned vehicles and more barracks, we must rely on AI, robotics, drones and satellite technology wherever possible. A single and also “very slow” ministry is, from the point of view of the economist, overwhelmed with the reorganization of the German and European defense strategy.
reliability low1/4 sourcesThe largely credit-financed billion program, which could also stimulate economic growth if used correctly, therefore threatens to largely evaporate. “We have a lot of capital, a lot of industrial know-how and in some areas also still state-of-the-art technologies,” said the IfW CEO with a view to Germany’s strengths. What we don’t have are hundreds of thousands of people who want to get into tanks and go to the front.
reliability low1/4 sourcesInstead, someone is needed who is equipped with political power, who can bring together industry, start-ups and ministries, who can eliminate friction and focus everything on one goal.
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