I guess in retrospect it was good that the Germans started the war in 1939 and didn't take some more years to advance in this and other technologies. 3-5 years more and they would have had short to midrange missles, jet-fighters and nukes at their hands...

Actually the president has to sign it before it becomes official (which he refused to do in a prior case). Plus the german Supreme Court is already on it too. They sacked quite a few earlier atempts of this government to build a police state (of course to protect us from terrorism and whatnot). It's kind of sad to see these laws stopped only at the last chance.