13/06/2025
🚨 Breaking Footage from NCT PRO Challenge 2025 🚨
Our reporter Michael Balboni was on the ground at a political rally in Alexandroupoli, Greece, when a drone strike hit the building next to the event—causing dozens of simulated casualties.
This dramatic scenario was the final mission of the NCT PRO Challenge 2025, part of the Defender 2025: Immediate Response exercise. Over the past days, civil and military units from 15 NATO nations trained side by side on Counter-WMD missions in a battalion-sized exercise involving nearly 500 operators across multiple task force teams under JTF Spartacus.
Organized with the support of USAREUR-AF and the Hellenic Army, this exercise showcases the power of international cooperation in preparing for tomorrow’s threats—today.
🎥 Watch the intensity unfold in the video below.