Swiss Armed Forces to Refocus on Defence
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The Swiss army is to become a training army. For this purpose, it is to streamline its structure, reduce the number of the highest officers and build a drone battalion.
New structures, new priorities: The Federal Council plans comprehensive reforms of the army, as Martin Pfister explained.
The army must be able to defend Switzerland against hybrid threats and remote attacks. To this end, it will have a battalion of drones. On Friday, the Federal Council presented guidelines focused on defence capability.
From the training army to the deployment army: At a media conference, Defense Minister Martin Pfister (middle) explains how he wants to strengthen the defense capability of the Swiss military.
Switzerland is upgrading: Minister of Defence Martin Pfister wants to convert the army into an operational army by 2028 and introduce a drone battalion. The media conference at 2 p.m. live.
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