Open your eyes to... MT 2/2023 · 55 Guided tour and opening ceremony with Joachim Herrmann, Bavarian State Minister of the Interior, for Sport and Integration and Member of the Bavarian Parliament. (Photo: NuernbergMesse / Frank Boxler) and the subject of domestic security is expanding along with the number and nature of missions assigned to internal security forces. Furthermore, with war at the gates of Europe, Ministries of Interiors and law enforcement bodies are called to play a greater role in securing the territory against malicious activities carried out by different state sponsored and/or non-state actors through a variety of means, including unmanned assets, disinformation/ counterinformation campaigns, espionage (including also cyberespionage), sabotage, and recruitment. In fact, our era imposes new paradigms including military and non- military forms of power, as well as the emergence of complex scenarios populated by non-state actors operating in “grey zones” between influence trade and targeted interventions. Security forces cannot remain on the side-lines of these phenomena, as they are in charge of military, civil and judicial missions, permanently engaged on the national territory and abroad. Today’s security forces keep being mixed in nature, an intermediate force between police and military responses. As such, their Held in Nuremberg on February 28 and March 1, Enforce Tac continues to grow and represents a point of reference in Germany. In addition, the increase in the presence of foreign companies is bolstering its relevance as European staple in the domain of homeland security. Numbers and drivers This year, the exhibition hosted 540 companies (30% more than 2022) from 37 countries and welcomed over 7,000 professional and trade visitors (+32%) from 80 countries. The success is the consequence of two different pushing factors: organisers at Nuremberg Messe are effective Marco Giulio Barone is Editor-in-Chief of Military Technology. Stefan Nitschke is Editor-In-Chief of Wehrtechnik and Naval Forces. The impressive Survivor-R medium weight armoured-wheeled vehicle developed jointly as the result of a strategic co-operation between Germany’s Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles (RMMV) and Austria’s Achleitner. (All pictures by the authors if not differently indicated). Diederich Engineering Systems – Defence (DES defence) showcasing a Polaris MRZR 4x4 equipped with a pintle mounted Dillon M-134 7.62mm gatling gun and a release system for Diehl’s Libelle loitering munition. Marco Giulio Barone and Stefan Nitschke Enforce Tac 2023 Homeland security and beyond f
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