El ejercicio Dynamic Front 26, realizado en Ene\/Feb 2026 y liderado por EEUU, reuni\u00f3 a unidades de artiller\u00eda de 23 naciones de la NATO, para verificar la capacidad de fuego conjunto en escenarios de alta intensidad. Los sistemas empleados abarcan desde obuses tradicionales hasta sistemas de misiles de largo alcance y Def Ae, todos conectados mediante una red digital com\u00fan. Las maniobras, desarrolladas en terrenos de cinco pa\u00edses, se enfocaron en la\u00a0interoperabilidad digital, permitiendo que diversos sistemas de armas compartieran datos de objetivos en tiempo real, para de esa manera coordinar los fuegos de Def Ae y de largo alcance. El ejercicio buscaba emular las condiciones del combate en Ucrania, enfrentando a las tropas a una situaci\u00f3n de saturaci\u00f3n masiva por ataques de drones y misiles, lo que requiri\u00f3 m\u00faltiples coordinaciones y acciones para neutralizar miles de amenazas diarias.<\/p>\n
MILAN \u2013 NATO artillery units linked up their guns across European training grounds, testing their abilities to strike targets and repel a deluge of drones and missiles in an exercise scenario reminiscent of combat in Ukraine.<\/p>\n
The multi-national drill was part of the U.S.-led exercise Dynamic Front, organized from Jan. 26 to Feb. 13, across five countries and nine training areas.<\/p>\n
The event, which involved 23 nations, focused on validating artillery interoperability \u2014 how quickly participants could plug different systems together and share the targeting data needed to coordinate long-range strikes across borders.<\/p>\n
Allied crews were thrown into the fire by simulating the magnitude and complexity of threats faced by troops in Ukraine. They were expected to conduct 1,500 strikes and intercept between 600 and 1,200 aerial threats daily in a major European conflict scenario, according to U.S. Army officials.<\/p>\n
In a press briefing, as\u00a0quoted by Star and Stripes<\/a>, Brig. Gen. Steven Carpenter, leader of the 56th Multi-Domain Command Europe, said the massed artillery fires are meant to create a deterrence effect, with strikes \u201cso unrelenting\u201d that no adversary would dare to attack.<\/p>\n Participating units successfully set up the command systems necessary to coordinate strikes in one-sixth of the time it took in prior editions of the exercise, according to Stars and Stripes.<\/p>\n One of the core systems facilitating connectivity is the encrypted software suite ASCA, or Artillery Systems Cooperation Activities, NATO\u2019s digital language for placing \u201cwarheads on foreheads,\u201d as the U.S. military maxim goes.<\/p>\n Aside from digitally connecting different national artillery and command-and-control systems, it also provides live targeting data to troops stationed in other countries.<\/p>\n U.S. officers previously\u00a0told<\/a>\u00a0Defense News that artillerists continuously refine ASCA based on exercise feedback. Over a dozen NATO nations have incorporated the system into their command-and-control suites.<\/p>\n