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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11894337" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="russia" source="Orion">Russia</keyword> is expected to make bids for both the 2028 and 2032 European <keyword id="11897666" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="soccer" source="Orion">soccer</keyword> championships. </li><li>The bids come as a surprise, as UEFA has banned Russia from international competitions due to the <keyword id="11985141" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ukraine" source="Orion">Ukraine</keyword> invasion.</li></ul>Russia raised many eyebrows when it announced it would bid to host the European soccer championships.<a href="https://www.espn.com/soccer/uefa-european-championship/story/4623943/russia-launch-rival-bid-to-host-euro-2028-or-2032-amid-ukraine-invasion">According to the Associated Press</a>, the Russian Football Union (RFU) released a statement declaring its interest in hosting the 2028 and 2032 Euros.Russia hosted the FIFA World Cup in 2018. The move comes as a surprise, as Russia has faced strong backlash in both Europe and <a href="https://www.insider.com/russia-putin-being-excluded-from-sports-world-over-ukraine-invasion-2022-3">the sports world</a> for its ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The country's governing body is likely to face much opposition to the bid.Poland, Sweden, and the Czech Republic announced that they <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/countries-refuse-to-play-world-cup-qualifying-matches-russia-2022-2?r=US&amp;IR=T">would not play FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Russia</a>. <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-10590843/Court-Arbitration-Sport-receives-Russias-appeals-against-bans-FIFA-UEFA.html">FIFA and UEFA later banned Russia from international competitions</a>. According to the AP, RFU President Aleksandr Dyukov spoke about the bid during a television broadcast. Even he did not sound optimistic about the bid's success, and the tone of the comment even suggests the bid is an effort to annoy UEFA."We are sending the declaration today," Dyukov said, per the AP. "We reserve the right to enter a bid. This option doesn't cost anything. And you can't refuse it, if it isn't expensive."England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland are expected to submit a bid to co-host the 2028 tournament, while Italy will bid for the 2032 event.

Russia makes bid to host European soccer championships while waging continent's largest armed conflict in decades

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11894337" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="russia" source="Orion">Russia</keyword> has bid to host either <keyword id="13451299" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="euro-2028" source="Orion">Euro 2028</keyword> or Euro 2032 despite being banned from international <keyword id="11897666" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="soccer" source="Orion">soccer</keyword>.</li><li>Boris Johnson called the bid "satire" but Russia has insisted it is no joke. </li></ul>Russia has insisted that its audacious bid to hold the European Championships in either 2028 or 2032 is "not a joke" despite the country being banned from international soccer.Russia, which was banned indefinitely from competing in international soccer competitions by FIFA and UEFA following its invasion of <keyword id="11985141" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ukraine" source="Orion">Ukraine</keyword>, <a href="https://www.insider.com/russia-bid-host-euros-2028-2032-ukraine-invasion-2022-3">declared its interest in hosting either Euro 2028 or Euro 2032 on Wednesday.</a>"The RFU plans submitting bids to host the UEFA European Championships in 2028 and 2032 and this is not a joke," said Russian Football Union (RFU) Executive Board member Rustem Saimanov, <a href="https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1120937/uk-ireland-turkey-russia-euro-2028">according to Inside the Games.</a>"We will be bidding and I presume that there is an ample amount of time, the situation will change and we will consider all details thoroughly."I cannot say that it may happen in 2028, but highly likely in 2032."UEFA confirmed later Wednesday that Russia, which hosted the 2018 World Cup, had declared its interest in hosting either tournament.<a href="https://www.espn.com/soccer/uefa-european-championship/story/4623943/russia-launch-rival-bid-to-host-euro-2028-or-2032-amid-ukraine-invasion">In statement made to ESPN,</a> UEFA added that there are no regulations currently in place to prevent the country from bidding for the competition despite its international ban, but insisted that could change in the future."The Bureau of the FIFA Council and the UEFA Executive Committee decided on 28 February to suspend all Russian teams, whether national representative teams or club teams, from participation in both FIFA and UEFA competitions until further notice. However, no suspension of the Football Union of Russia was imposed at that time," read the statement."The UEFA Executive Committee will nevertheless remain on standby to convene further extraordinary meetings, on a regular ongoing basis where required – in addition to its already-scheduled meetings of 7 April and 10 May – to reassess the legal and factual situation as it evolves and adopt further decisions as necessary, including in light of the declaration of interest expressed by the Football Union of Russia for hosting the UEFA EURO."Turkey has also declared its interest in hosting either Euro 2028 or Euro 2032, while the football associations of England, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales have submitted a joint declaration of interest in hosting Euro 2028.UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson hit out at Russia's bid to host the championships and suggested Ukraine should instead be the host, despite the UK and Ireland's joint bid."The idea of Russia holding any idea of football tournament or any kind of cultural event right now is beyond satire," <a href="https://twitter.com/SamCoatesSky/status/1506925264290435077">he told Sky News.</a>"I can't believe that anybody would seriously consider their suggestion and, yes, I think the best thing possible would be for the entire Russian forces to retire forthwith from Ukraine and hand the tournament to them."

Russia says its audacious bid to host the European Championships is 'not a joke' despite the country from being banned from international soccer

<div class="image-container float_right"><div class="image">Alex Davies / Business InsiderAn <keyword id="6356166" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Airbus">Airbus</keyword> A380 jumbo jet in production in Toulouse, France.</div></div>Airbus predicts that the world will need more than 29,000 new commercial planes over the next 20 years to respond to higher traffic and replace older models, the European planemaker said Tuesday.
Delivering its 20-year outlook, Airbus said air travel through 2032 will be fuelled by traffic to and from emerging markets such as Brazil, China and India.
To meet this challenge, Airbus and its rivals -- notably US giant Boeing -- will need to produce thousands more planes, the bulk of which will be single-aisle passenger carriers.
"As aviation becomes increasingly accessible in all parts of the world, future journeys will increasingly be made by air particularly to and from emerging markets," Airbus said in its Global Market Forecast, which it produces every year.
"Air traffic will grow at 4.7 percent annually requiring over 29,220 new passenger and freighter aircraft valued at nearly US$4.4 trillion (3.3 trillion euros)."
Airbus said almost all the new required planes, about 28,350, would be passenger aircraft valued at $4.1 trillion.
It added that by 2032, Asia-Pacific would lead the world in air traffic, overtaking Europe and North America.
"Today on average, a fifth of the population of the emerging markets take a flight annually and by 2032, this will swell to two thirds," said John Leahy, chief operating officer at Airbus.
"The attraction of air travel means that passenger numbers will more than double from today's 2.9 billion, to 6.7 billion by 2032, clearly demonstrating aviation's essential role in economic growth," he added in the report.
Last year, Airbus had predicted that about 28,200 passenger and cargo aircraft would be sold by the sector between 2012 and 2031.
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"Every once in a while, a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything," Steve Jobs said when he unveiled the iPhone in 2007. He was right; the world was never the same. But the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/tech/iphone-16-review">iPhone 16</a>? Meh.The newest model, which hit stores in September, is off to a straggling start. Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo estimated that first-weekend <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/tech/iphone-16">preorder sales</a> were down by nearly 13% compared with first-weekend sales for last year's iPhone 15. The iPhone 15 also had an underwhelming start to the year: from January to March, Apple reported a 10% year-over-year drop in phone revenue. In the 17 years since the original came out, the release of a new iPhone has gone from the marquee tech event of the year to little more than a software update wrapped in cellophane.Replacing that hype is a new kind of hype: for old iPhones. The global market for refurbished smartphones grew by 5% year over year from 2021 to 2022, according to Counterpoint Research. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/companies-requiring-return-to-office-rto-mandate">Apple</a> made up half of the resold-phone marketplace in 2022. It accounted for about a quarter of new smartphones shipped globally in late 2023, according to market intelligence firm International Data Corporation. (The company also sells its own refurbished products.) In Europe, some 43% of people have already owned a refurbished phone, according to a 2023 survey conducted by Vodafone and Recommerce Group, a tech buyback company. Zion Market Research estimates that in the US, the market for used phones could grow by about 13% a year through 2032.Glen Cardoza, a senior research analyst at Counterpoint, says a few things are driving the used-phone revolution. People are more aware of refurbished phones, thanks to ad campaigns and word of mouth. Learning that your friend has an iPhone 12 and still manages to be the most active member of your group chat may make you more likely to get a used phone yourself. The quality of repairs and guarantees from refurbished-phone sellers have improved, making the phones less risky to buy. Some shoppers care about <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/florida-man-refused-leave-hurricane-proof-home-basically-unharmed-milton-2024-10">environmental impact</a>, but high prices are the chief concern. "With incremental improvements between new smartphone versions, a growing share of consumers feel that refurbished options are better," Cardoza tells me in an email. "They do not mind using a cheaper refurbished model that has most of the recent features."Refurbished-tech sellers think this is their moment to seize. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/back-market-raises-510-million-as-valuation-soars-57-billion-2022-1">Back Market</a>, a secondhand-tech marketplace based in France, has raised more than $1 billion and is on track to become profitable in Europe for the first time this year, says CEO Thibaud Hug de Larauze. During a recent press conference, he revealed the company had served 15 million customers and sold 30 million items, indicating that Back Market has had a good number of repeat buyers during the past 10 years. Phones are the majority of Back Market's sales, but the company also sells, among other items, smart watches, headphones, laptops, and video-game consoles. Refurbished tech is now among the five most popular secondhand categories purchased on eBay.Hug de Larauze is extremely bullish on the future of secondhand tech: He predicts that within 10 years, 90% of adults could be buying refurbished products or opting to repair their devices rather than buying new ones. "People start to actually realize there is not that much innovation in the next product," he tells me. Consumers are also uncertain about <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-16-apple-intelligence-ai-does-not-matter-to-customers-2024-9">all the AI</a> that companies, Apple included, are baking into their latest devices. "What does it do?" he says. "What does it change in your life?" Hug de Larauze likens the used-phone revolution to the shifts in car sales. Cars are expensive and lose value, and innovation from one model to the next has become negligible. The idea of buying a used car and fixing it as parts break down is normalized. If phones are just as poor of an investment, why not get something more affordable that gets the job done — even if it means sacrificing horsepower and the latest add-ons?Refurbished-phone dealers are also finding creative waves to counter years of marketing that capitalizes on "newphoria," the feeling of elation people get when unboxing a shiny new tech toy. Back Market satirized the idea in an ad last year, showing people eager to grab the new product but mocking the slight changes to buttons and charging ports. The company also recently ran a mystery-phone promotion. For $249 or 299 euros, customers could buy a refurbished iPhone or Android without knowing the model they'd get. The phones sold out in two hours in France and just days in the US, Hug de Larauze says. Back Market didn't provide the total number of phones sold during the promotion, but Hug de Larauze said the sales exceeded the company's expectations. It showed that there are shoppers who care far more about the phone's price than its model.Anmol Aroz, a 23-year-old who works in IT sales in England, says he bought a refurbished iPhone 13 Pro two years ago and saved about £500. He's been impressed with the phone and less impressed by the new features on more-recent models. He feels like he can do enough with ChatGPT on his phone and doesn't need Apple Intelligence yet. Aroz says sustainability was also on his mind, adding that he's not so wooed by new clothes or new tech, both of which lose value quickly. "The second you touch the wrapper, it's £200 down the drain," he says. "I'm pretty much set on sticking to the refurbished route." Amy Marty Conrad, a 34-year-old who lives in the Washington, DC, area says she and her husband have each bought refurbished phones. She's on her second, a Samsung Galaxy S21, which she bought two years ago. She recently replaced the battery, giving it even more life. "I mostly use my phone for calls, email, work, and a camera," she says. "A lot of the other software innovations aren't doing a lot for me." She's also conscious about waste, and she buys clothing and other household items secondhand, too.But perhaps the biggest thing blocking people from buying more secondhand phones is the manufacturers themselves. Through a practice called "parts pairing," in which a replacement part can work only if a company's software recognizes and approves it, tech companies have made it difficult to repair your own phone or to get third-party shops to do so: Replace your cracked iPhone screen at a local repair shop, and your Face ID may never work again. That's changing, albeit slowly. In April, Apple announced it would begin making changes that would allow for some used genuine Apple parts to be put into other iPhones. Apple did not respond to an email asking about updates on the rollout of the change, but the company has long maintained that parts pairing bolsters a phone's security.In March, shortly before Apple's announcement, Oregon passed a law banning parts pairing, becoming the first US state to do so. And while it applies only to devices made after January 1, 2025, it's a major shift for how manufacturers make their future tech fixable. More lawmakers are tackling repair impediments, and the European Union this year adopted laws designed to make it easier for people to get their products fixed by manufacturers or third-party repairers rather than being pushed to replace them.Tim Cook certainly doesn't see the rise of refurbished phones as an existential threat. Even underwhelming sales are underwhelming by Apple's standards. It has already sold an estimated tens of millions of iPhone 16s, and that's before the typical holiday boost and the release of Apple Intelligence. But with consumers' growing AI skepticism and interest in secondhand phones, the company would need to summon the kind of dazzle unseen since Steve Jobs' presentation in 2007 to reverse the trend of dwindling excitement with the iPhones 17, 18, 19, and 20.Two years ago, I bought a refurbished iPhone 11 from Back Market after the display on my iPhone XR suddenly became unusable. It didn't have the upgraded camera or 5G — but the phone let me text, doomscroll on social media, and take decent photos, and it had good battery life. In an age of constant tech changes, sometimes all you need is for a phone to be a phone.<a target="_blank" rel="" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/author/amanda-hoover">Amanda Hoover</a> is a senior correspondent at Business Insider covering the tech industry. She writes about the biggest tech companies and trends.

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Mumbai, Jun 18 () The rupee on Thursday settled almost flat at 76.14 against the US currency as forex outflows and firming oil prices continue to weigh on investor sentiment amid the ongoing border tension with China. Forex traders said the rupee traded in a narrow range as positive domestic equities and weak US currency supported the local unit, while rising coronavirus cases, border tension with China and foreign fund outflows capped the gains. The rupee opened at 76.17 against the US dollar, and saw an intra-day high of 76.08 and a low of 76.19 against the US dollar. It finally settled at 76.14 against the US dollar, up 2 paise over its previous close. It had settled at 76.16 against the greenback on Wednesday. The dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, fell 0.05 per cent to 97.10. The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex rallied 700.13 points or 2.09 per cent to settle at 34,208.05. The broader NSE Nifty jumped 210.50 points or 2.13 per cent to 10,091.65. Foreign institutional investors were net sellers in the capital market as they sold shares worth Rs 486.62 crore on Wednesday, according to provisional exchange data. Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, rose 0.42 per cent to USD 40.88 per barrel. "Indian rupee ended flat against US dollar amid risk on rally after officials from both nations (India and China) sought to de-escalate tensions," said Devarsh Vakil, Deputy Head of Retail Research, HDFC Securities. At least 20 Indian Army personnel were killed in the clashes with Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh on Monday night. China's official media has acknowledged casualties on the Chinese side without mentioning numbers. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Thursday that after this incident both sides are in communication and coordination on the matter through diplomatic and military channels. Fitch Ratings' move to cut the nation's outlook to negative had little impact on the rupee, traders said. Fitch Ratings on Thursday lowered India's outlook to negative from stable for the first time in eight years saying the coronavirus pandemic had significantly weakened the country's growth outlook for the year and exposed the challenges associated with a high public-debt burden. "On global front, Bank of England (BoE) is likely to expand size of its borrowing programme to support the economy from the pandemics. This will further help the liquidity induced rally in risky asset classes," Vakil said. Meanwhile, investor sentiment remained fragile amid rising coronavirus cases across the world. The number of cases around the world linked to the disease has crossed 83.62 lakh and the death toll has topped 4.49 lakh. In India, the death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 12,237 and the number of infections spiked to 3,66,946, according to the health ministry. Meanwhile, the Financial Benchmark India Private Ltd (FBIL) set the reference rate for the rupee/dollar at 76.2032 and for rupee/euro at 85.9770. The reference rate for rupee/British pound was fixed at 95.8250 and for rupee/100 Japanese yen at 71.03. DRR MR MR MR

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<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">REUTERS/Fabian BimmerGerman Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen in front of a Tornado aircraft at the German airbase in Jagel, near the German-Danish border, August 17, 2016.</div></div></div><ul><li>Germany's Tornado fighter jets may not be able to participate in NATO missions because of technological shortcomings.</li><li>The country's military has seen numerous shortages and technical issues in recent years.</li><li>The German government is under pressure at home and from NATO partners to boost military spending and readiness.</li></ul> Germany's Tornado fighter jets may not be able to join NATO missions due to technological deficiencies, according to an army report seen by German magazine Spiegel at the end of March.The confidential report, prepared by Germany's Bundeswehr, said 93 Tornados need immediate, extensive upgrades, as "the readiness to operate with the increasing age of the weapon system is clearly risky," <a href="http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/bundeswehr-kampfjets-tornado-sind-nicht-nato-tauglich-a-1200662.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Spiegel.Germany's Tornados are also not equipped with NATO-specified friend-or-foe identification systems designed to prevent engagements between Allied jets and confusion during air operations, according to the report.And it has not yet been possible to build an encryption device for secure data transfer for the Tornados, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/r-german-tornado-jet-may-be-unsuitable-for-nato-missions-report-2018-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Reuters, which saw the report. The Tornados' communications devices are also not up to current standards, which means transmissions could be intercepted.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">REUTERS/Fabian BimmerA German air force Tornado jet takes off from the German army Bundeswehr airbase in Jagel, northern Germany, December 10, 2015.</div></div></div>"This could in the worst case mean that the demand for an encrypted communication system for the Tornado weapons system can't be achieved. That means the Tornado weapons system may not take part in NATO missions," the report <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/r-german-tornado-jet-may-be-unsuitable-for-nato-missions-report-2018-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says</a>, noting that information-technology modernization for the jets would alone cost "<a href="http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/bundeswehr-kampfjets-tornado-sind-nicht-nato-tauglich-a-1200662.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in the millions</a>," if it was feasible at all.Germany deployed 10 Tornados to NATO's Response Force in January. An air force spokesman told Reuters only that they met current requirements.The Tornado entered service for Germany in the 1970s. Berlin <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/r-german-tornado-jet-may-be-unsuitable-for-nato-missions-report-2018-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has said</a> it wants to start phasing it out in 2025. It is eyeing the Eurofighter Typhoon to replace it, with US-made F-35s, F-15s, and F-18s as other options.While it's believed Germany <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/german-military-falls-behind-the-us-puts-it-on-notice-2018-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">could mobilize</a> much of its equipment if needed, the report about the Tornado is the latest <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/german-military-falls-behind-the-us-puts-it-on-notice-2018-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sign of poor military readiness</a> among the German armed forces - a shortcoming that has created tension with its NATO partners and fueled domestic political debate.<h2>'We are still miles from achieving that reset'</h2>As of February, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-military/equipment-shortages-impair-german-military-ahead-of-key-nato-mission-idUSKCN1G31PX" target="_blank" rel="noopener">only five</a> of Germany's 16 A400M transport planes were ready for use. An early 2016 report found that German jets fighting ISIS couldn't operate at night because their cockpit lights were too bright for pilots. A report in early 2015, when Germany was preparing to send jets to Syria, said only 66 of 93 commissioned fighters were operational - and just 29 were combat-ready.Since the end of the Cold War, Germany's military and <keyword id="6354810" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="defense">defense</keyword> budget have shrunk. Troop numbers have fallen from almost 500,000 in 1990 to <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/36e2cd40-0fdf-11e8-940e-08320fc2a277" target="_blank" rel="noopener">180,000 now</a> - some 21,000 officer positions <a href="http://www.dw.com/en/germanys-lack-of-military-readiness-dramatic-says-bundeswehr-commissioner/a-42663215" target="_blank" rel="noopener">are vacant</a>, adding to readiness woes.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">REUTERS/Fabian BimmerGerman army personnel board a German air force Airbus A400M aircraft at a Bundeswehr air base in Jagel, northern Germany, December 10, 2015.</div></div></div>Defense spending as a share of GDP fell from about 2% a year to about 1.2% between 1991 and 2015, <a href="https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/trend-lines/24304/years-of-underfunding-and-overuse-have-stretched-germany-s-military-thin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Patrick Keller, coordinator for foreign and security policy at the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, a foundation associated with - but independent of - Germany's governing party, the Christian Democratic Union.But in recent years, Berlin has expanded its commitments, looking to reassert NATO's military deterrence amid renewed tensions with Russia, particularly after the latter's invasion of Crimea in 2014.Current plans would see Germany lift defense spending from 38.75 billion euros in 2018 to 42.65 billion in 2021, though with current growth projections that will <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/36e2cd40-0fdf-11e8-940e-08320fc2a277" target="_blank" rel="noopener">still fall below</a> the 2%-of-GDP military-spending level to which NATO members have formally committed.Berlin <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/36e2cd40-0fdf-11e8-940e-08320fc2a277" target="_blank" rel="noopener">also plans</a> to stand up two divisions and five armored brigades by 2032 under NATO's Framework Nations Concept. As a part of that program, as many as 19 smaller NATO member-countries would incorporate parts of their militaries into Germany's Bundeswehr.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image">REUTERS/Fabrizio BenschGerman Bundeswehr soldiers fire mortars during the Joint Air Warfare Tactical Exercise 2014 at an army training area in Bergen, May 20, 2014.</div></div></div>These growing commitments have <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/36e2cd40-0fdf-11e8-940e-08320fc2a277" target="_blank" rel="noopener">helped reveal</a> personnel and material shortfalls that previously could have been compensated for by shuffling resources across the armed forces."What has changed over the past four years is that there is a new awareness and a new readiness to reset the Bundeswehr," Christian Mölling, a defense expert at the DGAP German Council on Foreign Relations, <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/36e2cd40-0fdf-11e8-940e-08320fc2a277" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told The Financial Times</a> in February. "But we are still miles from achieving that reset. Let's not make too fine a point about this: The situation of Germany's armed forces is dramatically bad. It will take a lot of time to turn this around."Some Germans <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/36e2cd40-0fdf-11e8-940e-08320fc2a277" target="_blank" rel="noopener">welcome</a> changes made since 2014 to enhance the military, but debate about how to improve the armed forces and what role they should play continues, as international partners like President Donald Trump <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/german-military-falls-behind-the-us-puts-it-on-notice-2018-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">call on Berlin</a> to spend and do more.At the end of February, as Germany prepared to assume command of NATO's Very High Readiness Joint Task Force in Eastern Europe, those shortcomings came to the fore, after a leaked Defense Ministry <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-military/equipment-shortages-impair-german-military-ahead-of-key-nato-mission-idUSKCN1G31PX" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report showed</a> the military lacked sufficient numbers of spare parts, gear like body armor and winter clothes, and equipment like tanks and armored vehicles.Defense Ministry spokesman Jens Flosdorff <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-military/equipment-shortages-impair-german-military-ahead-of-key-nato-mission-idUSKCN1G31PX" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said at the time</a> that the needed equipment would arrive by the middle of 2018 and that the military would be ready when it assumed command of the task force at the start of 2019.Flosdorff added that the ministry planned resolve persistent shortfalls caused by budget cuts by 2030 and underscored the government's awareness of the problem."Will the Bundeswehr be able to carry out its missions in line with its NATO obligations? Yes," he said at the time. "But that doesn't mean that we can be satisfied with the overall readiness of the Bundeswehr." <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/f-117a-nighthawk-stealth-fighter-jet-being-permanently-retired-2017-9">The world's first stealth fighter jet is being permanently retired - here's a look at the F-117A Nighthawk</a></h3> <div> </div> </div>

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