A report that German submarines are navigating the globe with Russian hardware has sparked security concerns. The newspaper Bild claims that the equipment is "open" to cyber sabotage and even "full loss of operability."
A navigation system of Russian origin called Navi-Sailor 4100 has been installed on at least 100 vessels operated by Germany's military, the Bundestag, including submarines, since 2005, according to the mass-market newspaper Bild am Sonntag.
The navigation devices were developed by Transas, a company founded in St. Petersburg in 1990. Although it was purchased in 2018 by the Finnish firm Wartsila, the defense division remained in Russian hands.
The Bild report claims that the system's data encryption does not comply with military security standards, in an apparent reference to NATO, of which Germany is a member.
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WNU Editor: There is some stuff that you just cannot make up. I am also willing to bet that the Russian supplier was the lowest bidder.
ReplyDeleteChancellor
Gerhard Schröder (SPD)
27 October 1998 22 November 2005
Defense Minister
Peter Struck (SPD)
19 July 2002 22 November 2005
Merkel Assumed office 22 November 2005
"In 2016, Schröder switched to become manager of Nord Stream 2, an expansion of the original pipeline in which Gazprom is sole shareholder.[81]
In 2017, Russia nominated Schröder to also serve as an independent director of the board of its biggest oil producer Rosneft."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Schröder
With allied like that, we don't need enemy.
ReplyDeletePresident Trump has been correct about Germany cynically abusing US corrupt elites. Germany sees zero threats to its east. So do next to nothing spending on its own defense while the USA spends billions on the local German economy.
ReplyDeleteGermany won’t lift a finger against China in the biggest conflict of the 21st century, they are there to profit.
Trump was right to pull 12,000 from Germany. Hopefully the next legally elected US President will pull all US troops from Germany.