German carmaker Volkswagen turns to arms manufacturing with Israel

German carmaker Volkswagen is in talks with defense firms to repurpose a plant in northern Germany for the production of military transport equipment, the firm’s boss Oliver Blume said Friday.“We are in contact with various defense companies,” Blume said at a congress organized by the German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in Frankfurt. “This could also be a solution for Osnabruck,” referring to the company’s plant there.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.British daily The Financial Times had reported on Tuesday that Volkswagen was in talks with Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems over a deal that would shift production at one of the carmaker’s factories from cars to missile defense.According to the report, the plan would see Volkswagen’s Osnabruck plant in western Germany converted to manufacture components for the Israeli state-owned group’s Iron Dome air defense system.The report further said that the plan was fully supported

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