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Thursday, September 30, 2010

German navy faces painful cuts

German State and Naval EnsignThe German navy, faced with painful budget cuts, will lose sailors and equipment but not its key strategic capabilities, the navy's top official said.

"The cuts will affect the navy but we must and will keep our ability to act on, above and below water," Vice Admiral Axel Schimpf, who is the navy's highest-ranking officer and reports directly to German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, said Tuesday in Berlin. "Becoming smaller doesn't necessarily have to mean becoming worse."

Germany has announced defense budget cuts of up to $11.3 billion until 2014, including massive reductions in personnel.

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