With the need for governments around the world to initiate the ecological transition, the arms industry must adapt. From there to imagine a "bio war"? This is the question addressed by the columnist Anicet Mbida in "L'Équipée sauvage" on Europe 1, Wednesday afternoon. 

It is the meeting of two worlds that one does not imagine frankly close, even completely antagonistic: is the armaments sector in the process of converting to ecology? The question really arises today, with innovations that are more and more respectful of the environment, or at least less polluting. In L'Équipée sauvage  on Europe 1, Wednesday afternoon, columnist Anicet Mbida details this paradigm shift. With a "green war" at the end of the day?

"The arms industry is starting to worry about the environment. Are we going to be able to 'bio gun' soon? You just have to go on the advertising boards of the various arms sellers to ask the question.

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When we go to the website of MBDA, one of the largest missile manufacturers in the world, the company indicates that it is replacing the propulsion systems of its missiles so that they are less consuming CO2 . Lockheed Martin, arguably one of the largest arms dealers in the world, works on his side on a solar submarine. 

Governments that voted to cut CO2 emissions interested

General Dynamics, inventor of the famous F-16 fighter, has launched a new armored vehicle that cuts its CO2 emissions by ten, while the manufacturer Northrop Grumman has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 30% since 2010 The British Ministry of Defense recycles the packaging for its ammunition. There are a lot of examples like that right now. It has become a selling point: the idea is that by being an environmentalist, you sell a lot more weapons than by not being one.

But why are countries attracted to the ecological argument? It's very simple: most governments have voted to reduce CO2 emissions for the years to come. The army consumes and emits a lot of CO2. A Leclerc tank, for example, is 400 liters per 100 km. The US military consumes as much CO2 as a country like Sweden. Many countries are therefore asking the question of CO2 consumption in this sector. By arriving with low-carbon tanks and solar-powered submarines, manufacturers can reassure governments. "