EMET NEWS PRESS

The oversight authority AB-ND warns of internal security risks, frustrated personnel and potential recruitment attempts by foreign intelligence services. At the same time, investigations linked to Russia are ongoing while NDB Director Serge Bavaud pushes through a major restructuring of the service.

The integration of civilian 5G infrastructure into national air defense — as seen in the Rheinmetall-Telekom C-UAS project — offers rapid scalability and wide-area coverage, but introduces structural risks: tactical latency, signal manipulation, and intelligence exfiltration through high-risk vendor hardware. This analysis examines the vulnerabilities and presents concrete mitigation strategies. 

A partial U.S. withdrawal from Europe’s security architecture would weaken strategic early warning and missile defense integration. Programs such as HYDIS² and expanded European deep-strike capabilities illustrate current efforts to build a more autonomous conventional deterrence posture independent of U.S. military infrastructure.