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German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius aims to strengthen the armed forces’ defence capabilities with a unified operational command and prepare for the possible reintroduction of compulsory military service, he said in Berlin on Thursday. The Bundeswehr is to be reorganized along four branches with a joint support command, Pistorius announced at the presentation of the new structure. In addition to the army, air force and navy, a fourth branch – the Cyber and Information Space (CIR) force, which specializes in electronic warfare and cyberoperations, reconnaissance and the protection of electr…