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The Rosa Luxemburg Foundation has put out a good report on German #drones.
Whaat, Rike siding with the LINKE?!
Well no, but I can appreciate good research and (overall) coherent arguments.
(Short thread)
rosalux.de/fileadmin/rls_…
Whaat, Rike siding with the LINKE?!
Well no, but I can appreciate good research and (overall) coherent arguments.
(Short thread)
rosalux.de/fileadmin/rls_…
The report is written by @matthimon who has been working on this for many years (I spoke with him for my PhD research ages ago).
He clearly knows his stuff and the report is a good overview of German #drone capabilities.
He clearly knows his stuff and the report is a good overview of German #drone capabilities.
A sidenote here: there is little love lost between me and the LINKE but they have been playing a great role in German drone politics through their inquiries (questions to the government). I used these questions and answers extensively in my research. That's just good politics.
Once again, the #SPD, days before a decision was to be taken, is backtracking on the procurement of armed #drones. The claim: there hasn't been enough debate.
A thread showing *how utterly absurd* this claim is.*
(*No you don't need to support armed drones to acknowledge this)
A thread showing *how utterly absurd* this claim is.*
(*No you don't need to support armed drones to acknowledge this)
In 2013 I was a fresh-faced PhD student. I wrote👇about the German debate on armed drones. At this time, the then-defence minister had argued for drones, high-ranking officers supported the idea. The Bundestag’s defence committee first discussed the issue
blog.politics.ox.ac.uk/discussing-the…
blog.politics.ox.ac.uk/discussing-the…
2014, my PhD advances, the German #drone debate not so much.
I comment: "There is one military topic, however, which has been discussed repeatedly and heatedly over the last few years: whether the German Bundeswehr should procure armed ‘drones’."
isnblog.ethz.ch/technology/the…
I comment: "There is one military topic, however, which has been discussed repeatedly and heatedly over the last few years: whether the German Bundeswehr should procure armed ‘drones’."
isnblog.ethz.ch/technology/the…
Thread zum Thema #Drohnen/#Drohnendebatte2020:
Noch in 2020 soll über die Bewaffnung der G-Heron TP eine Entscheidung fallen. Die @spdde möchte das Thema nicht mit in den Wahlkampf nehmen. Somit hat das @BMVg_Bundeswehr, das die Entscheidung diese Legislatur forciert, wenig Zeit.
Noch in 2020 soll über die Bewaffnung der G-Heron TP eine Entscheidung fallen. Die @spdde möchte das Thema nicht mit in den Wahlkampf nehmen. Somit hat das @BMVg_Bundeswehr, das die Entscheidung diese Legislatur forciert, wenig Zeit.
Noch Anfang/Mitte Oktober hieß es auf eine kleine Anfrage der @Linksfraktion für die Vorbereitung der 25 Mio. Vorlage bräuchte man bis zu 12 Monate. Laut @DanielaVates @rnd wurde eben diese Vorlage schon Anfang/Mitte November an das @BMF übermittelt. rnd.de/politik/bewaff… 
Jetzt schauen alle auf den 16. Dezember. An dem Tag soll die Entscheidung durch den Verteidigungs- und Haushaltsausschuss getroffen werden. Die eigentliche Entscheidung wird jedoch vorher in der Fraktionssitzung der @spdbt fallen.
Today, the #Bundestag defence committee will hold a hearing on armed #drones for the #Bundeswehr. Instead of reposting the 50 000 pieces I've written on this, here is a thread on two previous instances where Germany tried to acquire armed drones.
#Drohnendebatte2020
#Drohnendebatte2020
(Spoiler: these acquisition & development projects did not go well.)
We are in the 1979. It's the Cold War. France and West-Germany decide to develop a #drone together, named Brevel.
I spent the weekend writing a primer about #drones for #Drohnendebatte2020. It's not published yet (coming soon), but in the meantime a few thoughts on the German armed drones debate which I have been following and researching for a decade. (thread)
A bit of historical context: The German armed drone debate is as old as I am. In the late 1980s, the Bundeswehr first looked into armed #drones. Two systems - the KDH 'Kampfdrohne Heer' and the DAR 'Drohne Anti-Radar' were developed. Both were more loitering munition than drone..
... and both were eventually abandoned. Their requirements too technologically advanced for their time (autonomy, swarming etc), and their funding ended as the Cold War came to an end.
#drohnendebatte2020
#drohnendebatte2020
Heute wird im @BMVg_Bundeswehr debattiert. Es geht um die Nutzung von bewaffneten Drohnen in der Bundeswehr. Vor zwei Jahren war ich in Mali als Zugführer im Einsatz. Mit dabei die Heron, eine unbewaffnete Drohne. Ein Thread aus Sicht eines Soldaten:
#Drohnendebatte2020 #Drohnen
#Drohnendebatte2020 #Drohnen
Mein Auftrag war es mit meinen rund 40 Männern (ich hatte wirklich nur Männer im Zug) als Teil der Schutzkompanie, FP Coy, die Sicherung des Lagers, Camp Castor, sicherzustellen. Dazu gehörten Patrouillen im Umkreis, um z.B. Raketen- und Mörserbeschuss zu verhindern.
Daneben gab es auch längere Patrouillen, LTPs, oder mehrtägige Operationen weiter weg, um Aufklärungseinheiten zu beschützen. Für solch größere Vorhaben hatten wir die #Heron, die zur Road Recce, meistens Stunden voraus geflogen ist.
(Video: Links Niger, rechts Wüste)
(Video: Links Niger, rechts Wüste)
