NATO's official YouTube channel posted a video explaining the meaning of hybrid warfare, emphasizing the growing hybrid threats and the importance of building resilience among NATO allies.

Cyber & Information WarfareInformation OperationsPropaganda & disinformation campaigns

Defense

Summary

On April 27, 2017, the official NATO YouTube channel released a video titled 'What does Hybrid Warfare mean?' which explains the increasing number of hybrid threats facing NATO allies. The video underscores the necessity for continuous efforts to build resilience in governance, essential services, and civilian infrastructure security to make societies safer. The upload had 10,000 views at the time of capture and included hashtags referencing 'hybrid'. Comments were disabled on the video. This reflects NATO's strategic communications to raise awareness on hybrid warfare threats and the emphasis on alliance readiness and resilience building.

Classification

Confidence: High

The event is a NATO official video emphasizing the growing hybrid warfare threats and the alliance's need to build defense resilience. It contains no indication of aggressor actions but is clearly a defense preparation and awareness-raising activity.

Source URL

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Q2EiF2y_NXc

Open source

Provenance

Publisher: extension
Submitted: Feb 1, 2026, 00:14 UTC
Last updated: Nov 8, 2026, 21:16 UTC
Event time: Apr 27, 2017, 00:00 UTC

Published as a Defense Preparations signal with a public source and reviewer-approved assessment bands. See the methodology for how records are assessed.

Raw record

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Public assessmentReliability: StrongSeverity: MinorAttribution: HighSingle sourceTime: Same dayLocation: Unknown

Source reliability

Info credibility

Event time

Apr 27, 2017, 00:00 UTC

Event time confidence

pm24h

Location

United States of America

Primary actor

NATO

Country

United States of America

Countries

United States of America

Tags

hybrid warfare, NATO, resilience, civilian infrastructure, hybrid threats, security, governance

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