Key facts
- Germany's new electronic warfare brigade in Lithuania will monitor military activity in Kaliningrad and Belarus.
- The brigade will update electronic warfare databases for German and allied forces.
- Russian activities in parts of Europe have reached a phase focused on hurting below the threshold of armed conflict, according to Vice Admiral Thomas Daum.
- Germany is testing drone-detection tools, signal interceptors, jammers and sensors in Lithuania.
Germany's permanent brigade in Lithuania will use electronic warfare capabilities to monitor military activity in Kaliningrad and Belarus, Vice Admiral Thomas Daum told Reuters. The brigade, expected to be fully deployed next year, will also gather data on Russian and Belarusian military emitters and radar systems to enhance electronic warfare databases for German and allied forces.
Daum described Russian activities in parts of Europe as having reached a phase focused on causing harm below the threshold of armed conflict, stating that the cyber-information domain is no longer at peace but not yet at war. He noted that Germany's cabinet has approved measures, pending parliamentary approval, to give intelligence services new powers for hacking and disrupting foreign adversaries' operations.