German MoD pledges to sort out air defense portfolio within weeks February 11 German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, right, and Gen. Eberhard Zorn, inspector general of the Bundeswehr, attend a ceremony to mark the 65th anniversary of the military on Nov. 12, 2020, in Berlin, Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) COLOGNE, Germany — Top German defense officials plan to finish an analysis of the country’s air defense requirements in March, according to a new strategy paper co-written by the defense minister and the chief of staff of the armed forces. The announcement amounts to a promise of conceptual clarity about where future investments are headed, even though funding decisions will have to wait until a new government takes up the matter sometime after the September national elections.