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00:09 Jaanus Tamm | CEO DefSecIntel
00:45 Erkki Keldo | Minister of Economic Affairs
01:21 Sergei Satanovskii | DW Reporter | Tallinn
02:23 Erkki Keldo | Minister of Economic Affairs
02:46 Report by Sergei Satanovskii

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This AI-powered defense system now supports Ukrainians on the battlefield.

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Jaanus Tamm, CEO DefSecIntel 
“They are surveillance platforms which help soldiers and armies in Ukraine to see where the enemy troops are moving, or what kind of threats there are.”

00:19
Companies like DefSecIntel have been thriving in Estonia over the past three years. Boosted, in part, by Estonia’s relatively high defense spending of just under 4%. That’s more than Europe’s biggest economy, Germany, which spends only 2 per cent of GDP. But the tiny Baltic nation, wants to send a signal to its neighbor, Russia.

00:42
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Erkki Keldo
Minister of economic affairs
In Europe, but in all over the world, to be honest, the geopolitical situation is quite intense. And Europe definitely has to put more money into their defense, not only the eastern border of European Union or even NATO.

00:59
Estonia’s prime minister says the country aims to meet US President Donald Trump’s call for NATO countries to increase their defense spending even further, to 5%. 
The government says it will pay for the rise by reducing social spending - with cuts to parental allowances, university scholarships and disability benefits.

1:20
STAND UP – Sergei Satanovskii, Tallinn

Five percent of Estonia's GDP is about 2 billion euros—a huge amount for a country whose economy has been shrinking in recent years. But what do Estonians think about these new costs?

1:29
VOX1
We’ll have to find the money. What do we do if our neighbor attacks us?
1:38
VOX2
We live next to Russia; there’s nothing we can do about that. Right now, especially, we have to be prepared for anything.
1:44
VOX3
Defense spending is a terrible story because it's all about killing people on all sides.
1:53
VOX4
I believe they will find a place to cut, where, hopefully, the least harm is done to the smallest group of people. But, well, it's inevitable.
2:02
VOX5
You can do 5%, but please make sure the funds are generated as well

2:08
To mitigate the pain of these deep cuts to social spending, Tallinn is hoping for help from Europe. Estonia and other EU nations have proposed a joint European borrowing mechanism.

2:20
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Minister of economic affairs, Erkki Keldo
For Europe, one of the possibilities is the defense bonds. So to say we see all together, what kind of different technology or ammunition or weaponry we need and we can procure it all together. 

2:35
EU leaders will discuss this concept, tested during the COVID19 pandemic, at the next European Council meeting in March.

Like other Baltic nations, located on NATO’s eastern flank, Estonia wants its allies to reach a joint defence decision as soon as possible.

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Like other Baltic nations, located on NATO’s eastern flank, Estonia wants its allies to reach a joint defence decision as soon as possible.HR