BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 28. In Stavanger,
Norway, and at multiple locations across Europe and the U.S., the
Steadfast Duel 2025 exercise is taking place in October, marking
NATO’s largest computer-assisted command exercise this year,
Trend
reports.
Planned by the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe and
led by NATO’s Joint Warfare Center, the exercise also involves
members of the Slovenian Armed Forces and the Defense Directorate
of the Ministry of Defense. They participate as part of Slovenia’s
response cell and as attached personnel in the staff of the Joint
Operations Command in Naples.
This is the first exercise under NATO’s Article 5 to include all
thirty-two member states, including its two newest members, Sweden
and Finland.
The exercise scenario is based on a 360-degree multi-domain
environment and reflects complex, evolving real-world security
challenges.
It involves sixteen different trainees from NATO commands and
force structures and brings together approximately 7,000
participants from both military and civilian sectors of the
Alliance.