"The article analyses future trends in technologies and their possible military use on strategic and tactical levels to elaborate on risks for the population and critical infrastructures in Germany in the decades to come. It seems that non-state actors using longer range ballistic missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles could achieve a "deep-strike"-capability. In addition to other forms of warfare like economic, financial and ideological warfare, this can directly influence political decisions and affect possible major destructions in western societies like Germany. On the state level, special operation forces and proxies can become the preferred means for future warfare also in Europe." (author's abstract)