Europe prepares for WW3 as Germany reveals national defence plans

Germany reveals plans to mobilise national defence and 800,000 NATO troops.

Comes as US announces new weapon Kyiv can use to stop Russia after allowing long-range missile strikes.

Putin yesterday lowered threshold for Moscow to consider nuclear response to attacks on Russia .

Germany 's foreign minister yesterday vowed her country 'will not be intimidated' by Putin .

Comes after German media revealed nation will transform into NATO staging ground if conflict to East should escalate.

German Lieutenant Colonel and Head of Hamburg State Command Jörn Plischke is one staunch advocate of the need to prepare for a possible war in Europe and has embarked on a drive to 'shake up' Germany 's industrial and agricultural sectors.

He declared companies in these sectors must train five extra truck drivers per hundred employees.

Meanwhile, NATO is holding its largest-ever artillery exercise just 70 miles from the border.

British Army is testing what military chiefs have described as a 'game-changing' weapon.

The Kuzminka Military Base is a critical staging area for Putin 's forces.