Teen with an old bazooka…not scary.
Teen wearing a drone visor…terrifying.
Oh fun. He’s not going to start anything, right? This has to be paranoia, right?
As soon as Belarus touches a NATO country they’re fucked though
Or an EU country. We’ve got a whole separate defense union. Historically it hasn’t mattered too much since almost all the EU is in NATO, but with Trump looking actually re-electable that’s a whole separate alliance he can’t directly interfere with.
Interesting, thanks for sharing!
That’s the idea. But are we sure? Are we really really sure? Is President Trump really going to send the full might of the U.S. army into East because Latvia was invaded?
A lot is riding on that answer, and it has never been more in doubt than it is now.
I mean one of the poorest nations in Europe stopped Russia. Nato without the US is fine.
NATO has a bigger problem if the US doesn’t honor its obligations
Are you going for technically true? Because at this point I think NATO without US can laugh at Russia. Only problem is the baltics have no strategic depth.
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You know stalemate right? And that’s with being the one of the poorest country, with commanders that gave in, and getting delayed scraps. Russia wouldn’t be able to do anything against a proper military lol. Ciao.
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I’m not sure if NATO without the U.S. is even able to scratch its own butt. We’d be missing a lot of assets that are not easily replaceable, especially in intelligence collection and logistics.
Not to mention the industrial capacity to keep the show going past the first few weeks.
EU is more populous with a similar GDP to USA. In what fantasy universe of yours could Belarus or Russia without nukes make even a dent in NATO (-USA)?
Just want to say France and UK have enough nukes for deterrence.
France alone fwiw.
Let’s just say there has been a marked divergence in investment in defense capability and industry between the EU and the US, historically in general, but especially since 1991 or so.
Things are getting better, but we have lot of ground to cover before we are equal partners.
Doesn’t matter how EU measure up to USA, we are talking about a poor, tiny country and a Russia that is deep into a bloody war against Ukraine. If Russia can’t even beat one of the poorest European countries, how in the world would they threaten EU? Without nukes, it would be a steamroll in EU’s favour.
The illusion of Russia being a military powerhouse that can take on Europe is outdated by several years.
Intelligence yes, from what I know.
Industrial capacity? It’s not like the rest of these countries are not industrialized. There would be some adjustment aches, but let’s not act like the rest of Nato can’t find its own ass.
I’m talking specifically about military industry. We have some really nice EU defense companies that can produce all sorts of war fighting equipment, but we’re nowhere near the levels of the pork-barrel fed US military industrial complex.
No. Fucking. Shit. And I replied in the context of military industry.
how the fuck do you think belarus has more industrial capability than fucking the entire of europe, ok they mabe they can’t keep a full blown war for months BUT IT’S FUCKING BELARUS HOW THE FUCK DO YOU THINK BELARUS CAN WIN IN INDUSTRIAL CAPABILITY THAT THE FUCKING ENTIRE EUROPE hell you need a reality check
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what russians dumbass the same 400000 that died to ukraine? for 80 years old NATO equipment? if you think 2 third world countries can offer any true threat to the rest of europe your are a lost case, too delutional to even reason with hell ffs
Exactly why he can’t become president again (amongst a plethora of other reasons)
Being a life long military nerd this would have been super fun for me. Yes dark considering the geopolitical circumstances but objectively come on handling weapons and playing flight sims instead of a boring math class? Easy win for kid me…and adult me
