From the Crows' Nest
From the Crows' Nest
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Thor's Hammer 2026: What Allies Learn From Each Other
46 minutes Posted Aug 5, 2026 at 5:30 pm.
- Setting up the episode
- Mike Alpiri on NATO Subgroup One's mission
- How Thor's Hammer got started, and where it's headed
- The shift from IEDs to drones as the main threat
- Norway's ground-based EW systems
- Australia's counter-RCIED vehicle setup
- Germany's counter-UAS demonstration
- Norwegian vehicle tactics and threat suppression
- Why third-party validation matters
- Closing thoughts and what's next
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Four countries, one test range, and a shared problem: How do you stop a drone or a remote-detonated bomb before it does damage?


Ken Miller is back with more on NATO's Thor's Hammer 2026 exercise, this time talking with military and industry experts from Norway, Australia, Germany, and the US. They discuss how RF signal suppression holds up in terrain that doesn't cooperate, why comparing notes matters as much as the equipment itself, and why having someone outside your own country check your results tends to catch things you'd miss on your own.

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