A capabilities exercise (CAPEX) is a form of

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emergency An emergency is an urgent, unexpected, and usually dangerous situation that poses an immediate risk to health, life, property, or environment and requires immediate action. Most emergencies require urgent intervention to prevent a worsening ...

response exercise. Examples include capabilities exercises conducted for the

low-altitude parachute-extraction system The low-altitude parachute-extraction system (LAPES) is a tactical military airlift delivery method where a fixed-wing cargo aircraft can deposit supplies in situations in which landing is not an option, in an area that is too small to accura ...

, the

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fixed wing attack squadron, or to demonstrate a capability such as deployment of emergency response assets,Department of Energy Accountability Report: Fiscal Year 1999 1428918345 "During December 1998, a capabilities exercise (CAPEX) was conducted for the Nuclear Weapons Council, Congressional staff, and White House personnel. The objective of the CAPEX was to demonstrate the capability to simultaneously deploy and exercise DOE's complete array of emergency response assets." and so on.

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