Political scientist calls for nuclear weapons for Germany

Although US nuclear bombs are suspected of being stored in Germany, the Federal Republic does not have its own. A political scientist is now in favor of changing that.

Political scientist Christian Hacke pleaded for nuclear weapons in Germany in a guest contribution to "Welt am Sonntag". For the first time since 1949, the Federal Republic of Germany has to do without a US nuclear shield, writes Hacke.

"Germany is today helpless in an extreme crisis". Therefore, the Federal Republic should think and act prospectively, so that "any potential aggressor can be extinguished nuclear". Hacke taught at the Universität der Bundeswehr in Hamburg and at the University of Bonn. He was retired in 2008.

The former Inspector General of the German Armed Forces warns

The FDP faction vice Alexander Graf Lambsdorff contradicts Hacke. While it is necessary to "publicly discuss the issue of nuclear weapons," he told the newspaper. However, Germany as a nuclear energy would cause further damage to the multilateral world order – especially the nuclear nonproliferation treaty and the two plus four treaty.

L & # 39, former Inspector General of the German Armed Forces, Harald Kujat, warned Dimanche "before such a step." A "unilateral nuclear power" endangers the foundations of our security, writes Kujat.In such a case, Russia "would build a Euro-strategic and nuclear counterweight, with considerable strategic and security risks for us and our allies. "