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Today — 9 October 2025Main stream

In Germany’s Depressed East, Tanks Are the Lesser of Two Evils

9 October 2025 at 12:01
Even leaders from the far-right Alternative for Germany party, which opposes aid to Ukraine, have embraced the jobs that come with new weapons production.

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An armored transport vehicle at the Alstom factory in Görlitz, Germany, this year. The company KNDS has taken over the plant, which used to produce train cars, to instead make tanks and other military vehicles.
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