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“... The 2300 workers at the Volkswagen factory in Osnabrück, northwest Germany, have been confronted with an unexpected plan for industrial transformation. Last month, it was reported that the car manufacturer was in talks with the Israeli state-owned arms company Rafael to make missile defence systems based on Israel’s Iron Dome. VW has never closed a factory in its home country, but in 2024 it announced that three plants, including Osnabrück, were at risk because of declining sales, high energy costs and competition from Chinese electric vehicle makers ...”