[HIGHLIGHTS] German army must be “fit for war” in five years, says its chief of staff

German army must be “fit for war” in five years, says its chief of staff. The Bundeswehr is currently in a period of upgrading since the start of the war in Ukraine.

For the first time since the end of the Cold War, "we find ourselves faced with the possibility of an externally imposed war," he warned. Germany has gradually questioned itself since the Russian offensive in Ukraine two years ago by beginning its rearmament, after relying for decades on the United States, via NATO.