Overview
- The Colder Iron 2026 training is underway in the Oberlausitz and is scheduled to run through February 4.
- The Centre for Operative Communication is conducting the effort with roughly 100 soldiers relocated from Mayen, Rhineland-Palatinate.
- Only practice leaflets are released, each marked with a symbol and finder instructions to report the location before discarding.
- Because balloons can drift beyond the training area and into nearby towns, Poland and the Czech Republic were briefed in advance.
- Media on site report each suspended package carries about 2,000 sheets and weighs around four kilograms, using paper designed to break down in the environment.