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Force-on-Force Readiness

A protective strategy is a hypothesis until it's exercised. GSS designs and assesses force-on-force exercises grounded in the site's own analysis, then closes the loop on what the results show.

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OPERATIONAL CONTEXT

A protective strategy is a hypothesis until it's exercised

Force-on-force exercises test detection, delay, and response under controlled, realistic mock-adversary conditions. They exist to close the loop on the analysis performed earlier, such as pathway and timeline analysis and response strategy development, by confirming, or challenging, what that analysis predicted.

GSS designs exercise scenarios directly from the site's own Design Basis Threat, target sets, and timeline analysis rather than from an arbitrary or convenient scenario, and assesses protective-force readiness beforehand so the exercise measures the strategy itself, not an unprepared force standing in for it.

Results are analyzed against the original timeline and response-strategy assumptions and fed back into revisions of the response strategy, barrier validation priorities, and the training program that produced the force being exercised.

METHODOLOGY
  1. 01

    Readiness Assessment

    Protective force and equipment readiness evaluated before exercise design begins.

  2. 02

    Scenario Design

    Exercise scenarios developed from the site's own Design Basis Threat, target sets, and timeline analysis.

  3. 03

    Safety & Control Planning

    Exercise safety controls and umpiring protocols established before execution.

  4. 04

    Exercise Execution

    Scenario run under controlled, monitored conditions with mock-adversary and response-force participation.

  5. 05

    Performance Data Collection

    Timeline, engagement, and communication performance recorded through the exercise.

  6. 06

    After-Action Analysis

    Results analyzed against the original timeline and response-strategy assumptions and fed back into revision.

CORE CAPABILITIES
Pre-exercise readiness assessmentDBT-grounded scenario designExercise safety & control planningControlled exercise executionPerformance data collectionAfter-action analysis & feedback
RELEVANT ENVIRONMENTS
Operating nuclear facilitiesSmall modular reactorsOther high-consequence critical infrastructure
FAQ
Are exercise scenarios generic, or site-specific?Grounded in the site's own Design Basis Threat, target sets, and timeline analysis, not an arbitrary or off-the-shelf scenario.
What happens to the results afterward?After-action analysis feeds directly back into response strategy revision, barrier validation priorities, and the training program.
Does GSS assess readiness before the exercise, or only after?Both. A pre-exercise readiness assessment comes first, then performance data collection during and after the exercise itself.

Test the strategy under control, before something else tests it

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