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If Russia attacked NATO, would Germany be prepared?

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Marie Joslyn
October 8, 2026Advertisement
At the end of September, the German Bundeswehr held its biggest such civil-military drill in the northern city of Hamburg: Red Storm Charlie. With the number of hybrid attacks against NATO on the rise, what could Germany's role defending the military alliance be? DW spoke to Aylin Matl, a security expert at the German Council on Foreign Relations and with Bundeswehr researcher Marcel Bohnert.