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Video. Germany's rearmament reshaping Munich as a defence tech hub

Updated: 01/09/2026 - 9:07 GMT+2

Behind the record budgets and drone contracts lies a story of ex-carmakers retraining for the battlefield and a city racing to build faster than its own permitting system will allow.

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