While the initiative is targeted for civil security, when asked if it could be later spun-off into a dual-use project for defence purposes, Eder said, “I think it is highly possible.”
“But for the time being, this is a critical infrastructure project for power lines, for power plants, for railways, for ports, for any type of power grid applications,” he said.
(Reporting by Nathan Vifflin in Amsterdam, additional reporting by Supantha Mukherjee, editing by Milla Nissi-Prussak)