Germany would be poorly prepared for a possible chemical‑weapon attack, according to a new risk analysis by the federal interior ministry, the “Bild” reports.
The 38‑page report exposes gaps in protecting the population from the effects of chemical combat agents. In a plausible scenario that the ministry worked through-an aggressor moving up on the eastern borders and launching three attacks on German soil-the analysis warns of thousands of deaths.
A simulated strike on the port singled out in the study would see 8,500 people killed within the first 15 hours. More than 33,500 others would be severely injured, with several thousand requiring intensive care. Over days and weeks, the report projects several hundred additional deaths.
German hospitals would be overwhelmed. Even with only 1,700 intensive‑care beds and 800 monitoring beds, capacity would fall far short, and the report notes a shortage of protective equipment and antitoxin drugs such as atropine.
