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High-Intensity Multidomain Exercises as an Operational Capability Gap

What structural deficit in the Alliance's ability to rehearse high-intensity, multi-domain, contested operations does this priority address?

High-Intensity Multidomain Exercises as an Operational Capability Gap: The operational problem addressed. Defence-finance analysis; 22-page sourced DFM PDF rep…

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Original DFM publication · DFM Analysis report · 2026-02-12

The operational problem addressed by “High-Intensity Multidomain Exercises” is not the absence of exercise activity in general, but a structural deficit in the Alliance’s ability to rehearse, at sufficient scale and realism, the execution of modern collective-defence operations under conditions that are simultaneously high-intensity, multi-domain, and contested across the electromagnetic spectrum and information environment.

This analysis answers: What structural deficit in the Alliance's ability to rehearse high-intensity, multi-domain, contested operations does this priority address? What mission sets, theatres, and scenarios must exercises replicate at sufficient scale and realism? What force posture, readiness models, and command-and-control architecture underpin realistic exercises? What capability families, technology clusters, and industrial bottlenecks structure the value chain?

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High-Intensity Multidomain Exercises as an Operational Capability Gap

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