Germany’s army chief on AI, drones and the future of the tank | The Economist
Lieutenant General Christian Freuding, chief of the German army, talks to our host of Inside Defence, Shashank Joshi, about how land forces must change for the wars of the future: the balance between legacy systems and emerging technology, the capabilities Germany is racing to improve, and why the tank must become a “mothership” for unmanned systems.
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00:00 - The balance between old and new technology
00:31 - What Germany needs to prioritise
02:15 - Does the tank have a future?
03:54 - Why the battlefield won't be fully unmanned
04:29 - Data is the new ammunition
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#Germany #AI #War #Technology
00:00 - The balance between old and new technology
00:31 - What Germany needs to prioritise
02:15 - Does the tank have a future?
03:54 - Why the battlefield won't be fully unmanned
04:29 - Data is the new ammunition
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