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A foiled drone attack targeting a German airport has prompted defence officials to warn that Europe is failing to deter Russia's hybrid war.
Hybrid war is the term for military pressure applied through means that deliberately stay below the threshold of a conventional attack: sabotage, infrastructure disruption, and targeted operations designed to cause damage without triggering the kind of response that open warfare would.
Those officials warn that NATO's answer has been too weak, and that Moscow has taken note. What the German incident reveals The airport attack was foiled, meaning it did not result in harm.
Defence officials are not reading that as reassurance. Their argument is that the foiled plot is a sign of Moscow's impunity.
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