Overview
- Roughly 400 to 500 personnel will run nighttime convoys through Hamburg to practice moving troops and equipment with police support.
- A mass-casualty exercise at the Blohm+Voss port site will test coordination with fire services, THW and other responders, using Bundeswehr helicopters.
- A dedicated drone forum at a barracks will address reconnaissance risks to critical infrastructure and demonstrate defensive measures.
- Hamburg’s interior authority is overseeing coordination to minimize disruption to city life by scheduling activity primarily at night.
- Commanders describe the scenario as preparation for rapid reinforcement to NATO’s northeast should Russia attempt to test alliance cohesion in the coming years.