Particle.news
Download on the App Store
13 ARTICLES
·
49m ago

Hamburg Braces for 'Red Storm Bravo' Drill Testing NATO Transit and Mass-Casualty Response

City officials say movements will run at night to limit disruption.

Image
Vom 25. bis 27. September findet in Hamburg das Militärmanöver „Red Storm Bravo“ statt. Hier erfahren Sie, was in diesen Tagen auf Hamburg zukommt.
Image

Overview

  • From September 25 to 27, about 500 soldiers will conduct night convoys with helicopter escorts, and police warn of traffic disruptions, loud bangs and smoke near the Werfthafen.
  • The scenario moves arriving troops and equipment from Hamburg’s port toward NATO’s eastern flank under the 2024 Operationsplan Deutschland that designates Germany as a logistics hub.
  • Bundeswehr units coordinate with police, fire services, THW, the Agentur für Arbeit and firms such as Airbus, HHLA and Blohm+Voss, with an operations center set up at the Reichspräsident-Ebert-Kaserne.
  • Medical surge procedures are being rehearsed for a mass-casualty flow, with a Bundeswehr medical chief citing planning for roughly 1,000 wounded per day and a need for about 15,000 hospital beds.
  • Protests are scheduled from Thursday through Saturday, and the Defence Ministry says handling of civilian demonstrations will be portrayed and practiced.