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SWP's Eric Ballbach argues Germany should deepen defence industrial ties with South Korea

SWP's Eric Ballbach urges Germany to deepen defence industrial ties with South Korea, its second largest arms supplier after the US, citing Hanwha Aerospace's planned ammunition and missile plants in eastern Germany and calling for NATO equivalent export status.

Verified Opinion AI-drafted SWP Berlin, SWP Comment 2026/C 04, 28 January 2026

What it does not test. Does not establish that Berlin has adopted the recommended export status or any treaty; the claims 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 urges German-Korean defence industrial deepening; 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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