[dralley]

This is Germany, they let themselves get a bit lax.

Also it sounds like it was pre-commissioning, so it hadn't been delivered to the Navy yet.

[hx8]

So it's not the German military that had the security breach, just the German defense contractors. That's still disturbing, but much less so.

[red-iron-pine]

is there a difference? supply chain attacks are still attacks

[hx8]

There's a difference. Yes supply chin attacks are bad. It's worse when deployed equipment is destroyed, because it can generate holes in defense for more special ops. Sabotaging deployed equipment also reduces the ability for the military to respond to active threats.

Supply chain attacks are a thorn at your side, sabotage on military bases is a direct security threat to the country.