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- Germany will double its armed forces to 460,000 within ten years.
- Its defence budget will rise to €152.8 bn by 2029, surpassing the United Kingdom and France.
- Berlin is buying F-35 jets, upgrading Leopard tanks and seeking hundreds of Tomahawk missiles.
- Chancellor Friedrich Merz proposes permanently stationing thousands of troops in Lithuania to guard NATO’s eastern flank.