I Went to a NATO Exercise. They Showed Me Nothing. That Was the Point. - William Spaniel

Last month, I attended Cyber Coalition 2025, the biggest NATO cyberexercise of the year. They showed me nothing. But that was the exact point of the exercise. Today's video therefore explores why states conduct military exercises, how the exercises alliances conduct have slightly different goals, and what makes the cyberdomain unique here.

0:00 An Invisible Military Exercise
2:01 The Popularity of Military Exercises
3:54 Practice Makes Perfect
4:38 Signaling Resolve
7:09 Proving Capacity
8:40 Exploiting Comparative Advantages
9:58 Solving Interoperability Problems