{"id":305340,"date":"2025-07-31T01:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T01:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/305340\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T01:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T01:16:10","slug":"germany-is-taking-the-lead-in-military-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/305340\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany Is Taking the Lead in Military AI"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the first time since World War ii, Europe will outspend the United States in procuring military equipment in 2025, according to Aviation Week Network. This \u201clandmark shift\u201d is particularly significant because of the speed of innovation. Germany is leading this shift, as Reuters highlighted on July 23 in \u201cSpy Cockroaches and AI Robots: Germany Plots the Future of Warfare<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aviation Week reported in May that Europe\u2019s 19 top defense spenders, including Turkey and Ukraine, were projected to spend $180.1 billion this year on military procurement, compared to $175.6 billion for the U.S.<\/p>\n

\u201cEurope this year, for the first time in decades, is spending more on defense technology acquisition than the U.S.,\u201d stated Gundbert Scherf, cofounder of German drone manufacturer Helsing. Reuters wrote: \u201cThe former partner at McKinsey & Company says Europe may be on the cusp of a transformation in defense innovation akin to the Manhattan Project\u2014the scientific push that saw the U.S. rapidly develop nuclear weapons during World War ii.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the world war years, the U.S. ascended to the superpower status it has kept until this day. Could Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine trigger a similar transformation in Europe?<\/p>\n

Analysts are quick to note that Europe still faces steep obstacles to rival U.S. military might. But in an age defined by relentless innovation, size and strength are secondary to the newest technology.<\/p>\n

Reuters spoke to \u201ctwo dozen executives, investors and policymakers to examine how Germany\u2014Europe\u2019s largest economy\u2014aims to play a central role in the rearming the Continent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anyone familiar with the Trumpet knows we have written a lot over the past few decades about German militarization and domination. Like the late Herbert W. Armstrong, we warn of Germany\u2019s military rise based on Bible prophecy. For a long time, people scoffed at the idea of Germany becoming a formidable military foe. But now Germany is taking the lead in military innovation as new technologies level the battlefield.<\/p>\n

Preparing for Military Acceleration<\/p>\n

According to Reuters, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz\u2019s government \u201cviews AI and start-up technology as key to its defense plans and is slashing bureaucracy to connect start-ups directly to the upper echelons of its military.\u201d<\/p>\n

On July 23, the German federal cabinet approved a draft law aimed at accelerating the country\u2019s armament efforts. \u201cWe need more weapons, and we need them faster. This can only be achieved by expanding production,\u201d said Economics Minister Katherina Reiche. The proposed legislation would extend to all military goods without exception and bypass lengthy tender processes for military contracts. Defense Minister Boris Pistorius hailed the measure as a \u201cgroundbreaking law\u201d and a \u201cquantum leap\u201d for Germany\u2019s defense capabilities.<\/p>\n

Along with the new legislation comes unprecedented funding. Reuters wrote:<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Shaped by the trauma of Nazi militarism and a strong postwar pacifist ethos, Germany long maintained a relatively small and cautious defense sector, sheltered by U.S. security guarantees.<\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

Germany\u2019s business model, shaped by a deep aversion to risk, has also favored incremental improvements over disruptive innovation.<\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

No more. With U.S. military support now more uncertain, Germany\u2014one of the biggest backers of Ukraine\u2014plans to nearly triple its regular defense budget to around \u20ac162 billion (us$175 billion) per year by 2029.<\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

Much of that money will go into reinventing the nature of warfare, the sources said.<\/p>\n

\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is not the first time Germany is \u201creinventing the nature of warfare.\u201d Reuters explains why we shouldn\u2019t underestimate German innovative skills:<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

In the first half of the 20th century, German scientists pioneered many military technologies that became global standards, from ballistic missiles to jet aircraft and guided weapons. But following its defeat in World War ii, Germany was demilitarized and its scientific talent was dispersed.<\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

Wernher von Braun, who invented the first ballistic missile for the Nazis, was one of hundreds of German scientists and engineers transported to the United States in the wake of World War ii, where he later worked at nasa and developed the rocket that took Apollo spacecraft to the moon.<\/p>\n

\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As Winston Churchill warned in 1934, \u201cBeware! Germany is a country fertile in military surprises.\u201d<\/p>\n

German Military Start-ups<\/p>\n

Helsing, Europe\u2019s most valuable defense start-up, is a case in point for the military shift from the U.S. to Europe. In June, Helsing more than doubled its valuation to $12 billion at a fundraiser. The company is entirely focused on innovation. Reuters wrote:<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Helsing is part of a wave of German defense start-ups developing cutting-edge technology, from tank-like AI robots and unmanned mini-submarines to battle-ready spy cockroaches.<\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

Some of these smaller firms are now advising the government alongside established firms\u2014so-called primes such as Rheinmetall and Hensoldt\u2014that have less incentive to focus primarily on innovation, given their long backlogs for conventional systems, one of the sources said.<\/p>\n

\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Speaking about drones, Annette Lehnigk-Emden, head of the head of the Federal Office for Equipment, told Reuters: \u201cThe changes they\u2019re bringing to the battlefield are as revolutionary as the introduction of the machine gun, tank or airplane.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Reuters wrote, some of what the German military start-ups are developing sounds like science fiction, like Swarm Biotactics\u2019 cyborg cockroaches designed for real-time data collection via cameras.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur bio-robots\u2014based on living insects\u2014are equipped with neural stimulation, sensors, and secure communication modules,\u201d said ceo Stefan Wilhelm. \u201cThey can be steered individually or operate autonomously in swarms.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of pressure now on Germany being the lead nation of the European defense,\u201d said Sven Kruck, Quantum\u2019s chief strategy officer. Quantum is one of three European start-ups worth over $1 billion. The other two are Helsing and Portugal\u2019s Tekever. All of them are focused on producing drones.<\/p>\n

\u201cQuality of talent in Europe is extremely high, but as a whole, there\u2019s no better country, no better talent that we\u2019ve seen other than in Germany,\u201d said Jack Wang, partner at venture capital firm Project A.<\/p>\n

Swarms of Locusts<\/p>\n

Bible prophecy gives us insight into some of the weapons systems that will be used in future wars. In Revelation 9, the Apostle John was inspired to describe the forces of an advanced military as locusts. But as Lange\u2019s Commentary states: \u201cIn antithesis to natural locusts, which desolate vegetation, these locusts leave unharmed all green things, attacking solely those men who have not the seal of God.\u201d<\/p>\n

Live Science writes: \u201cLocust are large grasshoppers that live on almost every continent of the world and are known for their propensity to gather in large, destructive swarms.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUnlike other pests, which are localized, desert locusts can swarm and fly, and an entire region can be wiped out of crops,\u201d said Esther Ngumbi, an entomologist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.<\/p>\n

Drones have proven destructive in the war between Russia and Ukraine and other conflicts. But we have not seen swarms of drones akin to swarms of locusts on the battlefield.<\/p>\n

\u201cFuture wars most certainly will include nuclear bombs and biological weapons,\u201d Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry wrote. \u201cThese deadly weapons can be mounted on aircraft and drones and sent all over the world. Imagine what they could do! \u2026 A prophecy in Revelation 9 describes the military equipment used in this warfare as swarms of locusts. Could these locusts be swarms of various aircraft coordinating their flight patterns through AI?\u201d<\/p>\n

While we can\u2019t be certain that Revelation 9 is describing drone warfare, Germany\u2019s interest in it may have great prophetic relevance. Bible prophecy shows German military hardware is being described in Revelation 9, as Mr. Flurry explains in \u201cThe Unknown Future of Artificial Intelligence<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the first time since World War ii, Europe will outspend the United States in procuring military equipment…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305341,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[2000,299,1824],"class_list":{"0":"post-305340","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-germany"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114945208126078904","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}