In case of defense, companies must help the state. The Bundeswehr is already preparing it.
Bundeswehr reservists as part of the Red Storm Alpha exercise in September in the port of Hamburg
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The veins of modern life have rather banal names. C-Lion 1 is the name of the fiber optic cable connecting Rostock and Helsinki. This is a 1,173 kilometer long information highway at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. Or rather, it was until Monday. The connection has since been severed. And this is according to the Federal government probably not caused by the anchor of a fishing vessel. “No one believes that these cables were accidentally cut,” says Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD). Rather, sabotage must be assumed. Again.