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Frigate Sachsen successfully engaged UAVs at short ranges in Baltic near Putlos military training area.

The German Navy successfully tested a shipboard laser weapon designed to combat drones. For the first time ever, the German Armed Forces deployed a shipboard laser weapon designed to combat drones.

The German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) has successfully conducted the first operational test-firing of a high-energy laser (HEL) weapon against drones aboard a German Navy warship.

On 30 August this year, the German Navy's frigate Sachsen fired a shipboard laser weapon against drones at short and very short range in the Baltic Sea near Putlos Major Training Area.

The V-Hotel on Bonns Venusberg is not your every day hotel. It smells of Swiss stone pine, theres vintage furniture in the breakfast room, and theres room for graffiti art on the walls. There is also a building technology system that reduces CO2.

Condemning the war as "criminal," the world renowned German painter is one of many artists who has donated his artworks to raise funds for refugees.

The Covid-19 pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for supply chain and logistics management in the last few months. Products such as canned food, toilet paper and cleaning supplies have seen a significant rise in demand; other end use sectors have slowed dramatically. Simultaneously, e-commerce is booming. Some companies are struggling to meet demand fueled by the increasing number of customers adopting online buying habits. The shift to virtual shopping and a focus on consumer desire ...