Around 80 experts participated in the EDA Hybrid Threats Table Top Exercise (TTX) which took place at EDA premises in Brussels over three days. The event gathered participants from Member States, representatives from the European Commission (DG Grow, DG Energy, DG Move, DG Home, DG Echo), the European External Action Service (Crisis Management and Planning Directorate, EU Military Committee, EU Military Staff), CERT, ENISA, and Europol, as well as observers from NATO.
The objective of the TTX was to identify and analyse implications of hybrid threats for European military capability development. Is anything new required from the military? Which priority actions are affected in the hybrid context? These questions were tackled through discussions and exchanges placed in the context of a generic scenario and planning situations developed specifically for this exercise.
The exercise was concluded today with a VIP visitors’ day where main take-aways from the working sessions were presented. As part of this concluding session, Dr Javier Solana delivered a special address highlighting the necessity for EU Member States to act collectively in this newly emerging security environment, making use of the toolbox we have available on an intergovernmental level.
Final findings and recommendations derived from the TTX will be delivered at the Ministerial Steering Board in April. A second TTX is planned in June, will take a more detailed look into the different capability areas where shortfalls and vulnerabilities have been indicated.
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