The German army said it plans to resurrect more than 100 inoperative tanks, a move it says will ensure that its troops are ready to respond to the escalating Ukraine crisis at the flip of a switch. The military will pay the defense ministry 22 million euros ($23.6 million USD) to take the tanks out of storage and modernize them beginning in 2017, according to the Associated Press.
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International Business Times: Amid Ukraine crisis, German army to resurrect 100 Cold War-era war machines
Dutch soldiers, part of the flash power military unit, a rapid intervention force which also includes Germany and Norway, prepare for a international military alert exercisE, part of the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF), at the NATO airbase.
