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SWP's Juliana Suss argues Europe must build autonomous military space capability

SWP researcher Juliana Suss argues Europe must build autonomous space capability, citing 40 years of European space spending at 15-20% of US levels and Germany's planned EUR 35 billion five-year military space investment as insufficient alone.

Verified Opinion AI-drafted SWP Berlin, SWP Comment 2026/C 02, 14 January 2026

What it does not test. Does not establish that any EU or German programme or budget line has been adopted; the figures and reading are the author's own.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. opinion argues for European military space autonomy; moves no index question by itself. European Sovereignty Index

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. How the record is made

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