US might "change emphasis" from Europe to Asia "anytime"—Berlin

(RT) ⸻ German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has expressed concern that European members of NATO are too reliant on the US in the area of defense. He called on Europe to develop its own coordinated defense policy and assume the "corresponding responsibility." He also said Germany and the US would have to coordinate their approaches to China. Pistorius' remarks come around a week after he admitted that Germany does not have sufficient forces to defend itself against "an offensive" after years of neglecting its own army. Despite facing such issues in the field of defense, Berlin has been providing extensive support to Ukraine in its conflict with Russia, sometimes at the expense of its own defense capabilities. Armin Papperger, CEO of Rheinmetall, the country's top military contractor, told the Pioneer podcast in late February that the government had transferred two state-of-the-art air defense systems to Ukraine that were meant to protect the German capital.