EPISODE · Sep 3, 2025 · 8 MIN
Why is Germany pivoting to becoming a military superpower?
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The 2022 invasion of Ukraine pivoted Germany’s once discrete war machine to a star-studded spectacle.With the glamour of an ‘upmarket car showroom’, a new shell factory (which will produce 350,000 shells annually) was launched using dry ice and a laser show.Is this odd display of German militarism part of the zeitgeist?Derek Scally, Berlin Correspondent for the Irish Times, joins Seán to discuss.
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