>>The European air defense project initiated by Germany is getting more members: Denmark and Sweden want to join. Defense Minister Pistorius still hopes for more participants.
>In mid-October, under the impression of the Russian attack on Ukraine, 15 countries signed a declaration of intent for a joint air defense initiative, the so-called European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI). Now the number of participants is set to grow, with Sweden and Denmark joining the German initiative.
>German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) announced on the sidelines of a meeting with his NATO colleagues in Brussels that he would subsequently sign a declaration to this effect with NATO country Denmark and candidate country Sweden. “More members means more security and less costs for each individual member country,” Pistorius said. The initiative will thus in future include half of the 30 Nato countries as well as the candidate countries Finland and Sweden.
>The aim of the protective umbrella is to close gaps in air defense. The defense umbrella proposed by Germany is to include various systems that are suitable for defending against medium- and long-range missiles or armed drones – also to protect against possible attacks from Russia.
>>Pistorius also still hopes for Poland
>Poland is not participating in the initiative so far. However, Pistorius said he is in talks with Warsaw and other states. Asked about Polish entry into the missile umbrella, he said, “I can imagine that happening soon, but that remains to be seen.”
>German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) had called a joint air defense system a “security gain for all of Europe” at the end of August last year. It would also be “cheaper and more efficient than each of us building our own, expensive and highly complex air defense,” he said in his Europe speech at Prague’s Charles University.
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>>The European air defense project initiated by Germany is getting more members: Denmark and Sweden want to join. Defense Minister Pistorius still hopes for more participants.
>In mid-October, under the impression of the Russian attack on Ukraine, 15 countries signed a declaration of intent for a joint air defense initiative, the so-called European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI). Now the number of participants is set to grow, with Sweden and Denmark joining the German initiative.
>German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) announced on the sidelines of a meeting with his NATO colleagues in Brussels that he would subsequently sign a declaration to this effect with NATO country Denmark and candidate country Sweden. “More members means more security and less costs for each individual member country,” Pistorius said. The initiative will thus in future include half of the 30 Nato countries as well as the candidate countries Finland and Sweden.
>The aim of the protective umbrella is to close gaps in air defense. The defense umbrella proposed by Germany is to include various systems that are suitable for defending against medium- and long-range missiles or armed drones – also to protect against possible attacks from Russia.
>>Pistorius also still hopes for Poland
>Poland is not participating in the initiative so far. However, Pistorius said he is in talks with Warsaw and other states. Asked about Polish entry into the missile umbrella, he said, “I can imagine that happening soon, but that remains to be seen.”
>German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) had called a joint air defense system a “security gain for all of Europe” at the end of August last year. It would also be “cheaper and more efficient than each of us building our own, expensive and highly complex air defense,” he said in his Europe speech at Prague’s Charles University.
>>Translated with http://www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
One of us! One of us! One of us! One of us! One of us!
Their dream is to fly ova da rainbow, so high
Let’s hope they manage to increase production of the hardware quite fast
Did Germany have functioning planes? I’m not sure Denmark and sweden gained anything here, lol