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France and Germany to develop next-generation battle tank equipped with artificial intelligence and laser technology, billed as a game changer in modern warfare (www.france24.com)

submitted 6 months ago by 0x815@feddit.de to c/europe@feddit.de

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The defence ministers of France and Germany, Sebastien Lecornu and Boris Pistorius, signed a memorandum of understanding that seals a 50-50 split in the industrial production of an advanced battle tank dubbed the Main Ground Combat System (MGCS).

The push to move ahead with the project comes as Berlin and Paris are eager to show unity after a series of spats on how to support Ukraine in its war against Russia.

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[–] Landsharkgun@midwest.social 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Given how war has been trending, you're better off building a bunch of cheap missiles/drones. And one guy with a .45 just in case.

[–] Pilgrim 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah, tanks have mostly been big juicy targets in Ukraine so far. I guess if you had complete air superiority you could defend them better against drones but it seems like a losing battle to try and gain that kind of completely clear sky when a four man team can put up a UAV and detrack a tank at any point within a few km

[–] Bjornir@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah sure, until Germany announces that they will use US technology, like they did for the last 3 or 4 joint military industrial projects with France.

[–] RidderSport@feddit.de 1 points 6 months ago

Which ones do you mean exactly? I can only think of the F35, though I believe there was no project finalised