No major combat incidents occurred in the GDR, but the S-200 system’s presence deterred potential aggressors, aligning with Warsaw Pact exercises and Soviet oversight. East Germany was at the forefront of the epic ideological struggle between the Soviet Union and the US-led NATO alliance in Europe.

For decades after the Cold War, Germany worked in lockstep with its allies. Defense was a collective effort, and strategy was shared through multiple inputs. But now, Germany is taking a solo path. In 2025,

Germany says it will work with Ukraine's Western allies to provide military aid worth up to $500 million. This aid will be delivered using a new NATO supply line.

As Germany seeks to bolster its armed forces to meet NATO requirements, a debate over the future of military service has highlighted divisions within Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition government.

Germany has announced it will contribute up to $500 million to purchasing US-made military equipment for Ukraine. The German Defence Ministry and Foreign Office noted in the Wednesday announcement that the aid will be coordinated through a NATO mechanism called the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List.

Germany will contribute US$500 million to a NATO initiative to supply Ukraine with critical American-made weapons. Source: NATO's press service, as reported by European Pravda Details: Germany announced on Wednesday 13 August that it will contribute US$500 million to NATO's Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative to ensure the continued supply of US-made weapons to Ukraine.

All that is heartening and appropriate. It is Germany, the laggard of NATO with a deep and growing conflict of interest regarding Russia, that is the weak link — and Putin, unfortunately, knows it.

NATO and European Union countries alike have objected to building the new pipeline, but Berlin has been adamant about proceeding even though there are other sources for Germany’s energy needs.

U.S. National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien said Germany and other NATO countries "not paying their fair share" in defense has hurt the alliance more than Turkey's recent incursion into Syria.

The United States is putting the squeeze on NATO ally Germany in an attempt to get Europe's richest country to increase its defense spending. This renewed effort by the administration of President ...

The German Air Force officially assumed its role in NATO’s Enhanced Air Policing South (eAPS) mission in Romania on August 12, during a certification ceremony held at Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base near the city of Constanța.