Follow RT on Germany’s defense minister insists combat drones are crucial for defending soldiers on the battlefield. SPD politicians, meanwhile, argue there has not been a meaningful public debate.
“We want combat drones to protect the lives of our soldiers,” Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper.
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s governing coalition partner the Social Democratic Party (SPD) has been insisting that a wider public debate is needed. But Kramp-Karrenbauer dismissed this argument as
“absurd.”
“We have been debating this for eight years in Germany. Broad public debates and hearings took place,” she said.
We have laid out operational principles that say combat drones may only be used defensively by the Bundeswehr, meaning to protect their own personnel. The demand for ‘more debate’ is being solemnly pushed by the SPD.
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