Eskalations-Kompass
An OSINT dashboard for journalists, analysts, and engaged citizens that tracks the signals behind war escalation — rhetoric shifts, force movements, weapons deliveries, hybrid-war incidents — on a single timeline.
Defense journalists, policy researchers, and politically engaged citizens in the DACH region
- Event timeline with a public-escalation score tied to documented triggers (e.g., Kremlin using the word 'war,' Patriot licenses, Tomahawk stationing)
- Hybrid-war incident log for Europe (sabotage, disinformation, airspace violations) with map view and source links
- Side-by-side comparison view: 'what Russia says vs. what Russia does this week'
- Exportable briefings (PDF/markdown) for journalists and analysts writing on the conflict
The article's framing — Russia's 17-stage escalation ladder, the 120 European companies on a 'legitimate target' list, US Tomahawks in Germany — is exactly the kind of structured signal an OSINT tool should surface, and no German-language product does.
Multiple established OSINT dashboards (ConflictMonitor, ThreatPulse, Situation Room, WARMONITOR, Monitor-the-Situation) confirm real demand for war/conflict tracking, and Germany's OSINT market is forecast to grow at 11.4% CAGR, but the specific 'DACH escalation signals' sub-niche is narrower than general OSINT.Global Germany Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Market ... ↗ConflictMonitor — Real-Time Global Conflict & OSINT Dashboard ↗
All major live war/OSINT dashboards surfaced (ConflictMonitor, ThreatPulse, Situation Room, WARMONITOR, Monitor-the-Situation) are English-language and globally oriented; no German-language 'Eskalations-Kompass' competitor appears in search results, though the global dashboards do cover Eastern Europe.Situation Room — Live Global Intelligence & OSINT Map ↗
OSINT subscription tiers exist and sell (OSINT Industries, OathNet, OSINTAnalytica, Nexus at 50–200 credits/mo), but 'politically engaged citizens' typically don't pay for intelligence dashboards; paying base is realistically defense journalists and researchers, a much smaller TAM.OSINT Platform Pricing Plans | OSINT Industries ↗Pricing Plans | OathNet OSINT Platform | OathNet ↗
Europe OSINT market projected mid-teens annual growth through 2030 driven by geopolitical instability and hybrid-war threats; Russia/NATO escalation topics consistently covered by Tagesschau and DW, signaling sustained editorial interest.Europe's OSINT Market in 2025-2030 | Smart Intelligence ↗Russland und die NATO: Eskalation in der Ostsee? - dw.com ↗
Building requires integrating ADS-B/Maritime AIS feeds, multilingual news NLP, social-media signal extraction, and a curated escalation taxonomy — substantial engineering; ThreatPulse already shows an open-source baseline that competitors can fork, raising the bar.