Source: The Atlantic
by Simon Shuster
“Last month, on my way home from Kyiv, I passed through Germany to visit one of the world’s largest weapons manufacturers. My hope was to see its response to the rise of drone warfare. … I thought I would find the leaders of Rheinmetall seized by the threat of this revolution in military technology. I found no such thing. … The gruesome images of tanks blown apart by drones in Ukraine did not dissuade anyone from purchasing these systems. Nearly all of the tanks that Russia had at the start of the invasion were destroyed by spring of last year, according to U.S. military estimates. … Still, purchases of new tanks and armored vehicles keep swelling the deal book at Rheinmetall, as well as the company’s stock price, which has risen more than 15-fold since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.” (03/27/26)