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 "slug": "germany-bundeswehr-verteidigungsaufstellung-2029-460000-force-reserve",
 "title": "Germany Presents the Verteidigungsaufstellung 2029, Targeting a 460,000-Strong Force of 260,000 Active and 200,000 Reservists",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/germany-bundeswehr-verteidigungsaufstellung-2029-460000-force-reserve/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/germany-bundeswehr-verteidigungsaufstellung-2029-460000-force-reserve/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-06-24T17:09:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:54:29.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBerlin, 24 June 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Germany's Generalinspekteur (Chief of Defence) Carsten Breuer presented the classified Verteidigungsaufstellung 2029 — the Bundeswehr's force structure on full mobilisation — to the Bundestag's defence committee on 24 June 2026; he had approved it on 9 June\n * The plan is built around 2029 as the year by which Russia “could foreseeably be capable of attacking NATO territory,” and sets a target corridor of about 460,000 — roughly 260,000 active ",
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  "dez-german-defense-zeitenwende"
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  "germany",
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