CTBT: Science and Technology Conference 2025 - SnT2025

A realistic Inspected State Party as a required OSI integrated exercise participant for the application of the Inspection Team Functionality

P4.5-291

10 Sept 2025, 12:00

1h

Zeremoniensaal

Board: 38

E-poster T4.5 On-Site Inspection Team Functionality P4.5 On-Site Inspection Team Functionality

Speaker

Mr Peter Labak (CTBTO Preparatory Commission)

Description

The inspected State Party (ISP) is a key role for on-site inspection (OSI) integrated exercises as it represents the sovereign rights of the inspected State, and thus keeps the integrated exercise play realistic, while providing a view of what may be experienced by an inspected State and what they may be required to provide in the case of hosting an actual on-site inspection. We will discuss the ISP role in the Build-Up Exercise 2024 (BUE24), starting from how the ISP was trained, equipped and resourced, and we will explore how this iteration of the ISP differed from previous integrated exercises conducted a decade earlier. In particular, we will focus on the impact on the inspection team functionality of the ISP strategy of providing differing plausible explanations of the triggering event for the BUE24 scenario, using the ISP national implementation requirements concerning private property, and how that worked during the exercise. LA-UR-25-20220