German Brigade in Lithuania Will Monitor Military Activity in Belarus
German military personnel will collect data on Belarusian radars and other sources of electronic signals. The data will be entered into databases used by the forces of Germany and its allies to timely detect changes.
The German brigade permanently stationed in Lithuania will use electronic warfare (EW) assets for early warning about military activity in Belarus and Russia's Kaliningrad region. Vice Admiral Thomas Daum, head of the Bundeswehr's cyber forces, told Reuters about this.
The brigade, which is planned to be fully deployed in 2027, will collect data on Russian and Belarusian military radiation sources and radar systems.
"If something happens, these units will detect it," Daum said.
Regarding Belarus, one of the tasks is to notice the appearance of new radars and transmit this data to common electronic warfare databases.
"We will enter this data into electronic warfare databases, which will then inform all our systems if a new radar appears on the Belarusian side," the Vice Admiral explained.
Currently, the German army is testing drone detection, signal interception, and jamming capabilities in Lithuania. Sensors that transmit battlefield data to analysts working remotely are also being tested.
Daum links the need to strengthen these capabilities to Russian activity in Europe.
According to his assessment, in some parts of Europe, Russia has moved to a second phase, where the goal is now to cause damage without escalating to armed conflict. In the previous stage, he said, Russian actions were aimed at secretly infiltrating Western computer networks and entrenching themselves there.
"In the cyber-information sphere, there is not yet war, but there is also no longer peace," Daum stated.
In August, the German government approved measures that should give intelligence services more powers to hack communications and disrupt operations of foreign adversaries. These still need to be approved by parliament. German officials explain these measures by the growing threat of cyber and hybrid attacks.
Daum admitted that in previous decades Germany had invested little in new capabilities. "Now... there is a need to improve our capabilities," he said.
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