France and Germany can’t agree on joint tank program

French Chief of Defense Staff Fabien Mandon claimed on Thursday the French-German Main Ground Combat System, a project intended to produce a next-generation tank for European forces, had ended due to Germany’s withdrawal. The German Defense Ministry denied the claim on Friday, stating it remains “committed to equal partnership” in the project and is “focusing on future technologies for armored combat.” Bible prophecies describe the rising European superpower as “iron mixed with miry clay,” acknowledging such divisions among its nations—but they also warn that it will briefly overcome those divisions by force and “break in pieces” other nations, including the United States, Britain, Israel and the other nations descended from the ancient Israelites.