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 "title": "Germany Approves 35 mm C-RAM Layer to Counter Drone Swarms",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/germany-35mm-cram/",
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 "excerpt": "Germany is reintroducing a 35 mm cannon-based C-RAM tier to counter drone swarms and rocket salvos without bankrupting itself on missile defense—delivering a rapid-fire inner layer between Skyranger patrols and IRIS-T batteries by 2028.",
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