Russia has capacity for a limited attack against NATO territory at any time but a decision to act would depend on the Western allies' posture, a top German military official warned.
"If you look at Russia's current capabilities and combat power, Russia could kick off a small-scale attack against NATO territory as early as tomorrow," Lieutenant General Alexander Sollfrank told Reuters in an interview.
"Small, quick, regionally limited, nothing big - Russia is too tied down in Ukraine for that."
21 Comments
einkorn@feddit.org · 37 pts · 277d
I recommend Carlo Masalas latest book "If Russia wins" if you are interested in how such a small scale invasion and it's political fallout might look like.
The gist is:
tomiant@piefed.social · 5 pts · 277d
Barbari ad portam!
einkorn@feddit.org · 2 pts · 277d
*Hanibal ante portas.
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 276d
Dos esfrios cervezas por favor.
einkorn@feddit.org · 0 pts · 276d
Si, senior(ita).
tomiant@piefed.social · 2 pts · 275d
The late great Hannibal is dead. Barbarians are under new management now.
lepinkainen@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 275d
This is their Gerasimov Doctrine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_generation_warfare?wprov=sfti1
And “the west” isn’t prepared for it, they’ve used it multiple times successfully.
The basic idea is that hybrid warfare cheaper than normal war. Russia has also made it 100% legal to use their military to “rescue” Russians from other countries. So in their eyes they’re doing the right thing.
Tactical and Strategic Truths.
mysticpickle@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 277d
Woah woah woah. Let's not start world war 3 here! Let's just be sensible and appease Putin some more and activate article 4 and discuss what we should do instead 🙄
Donaldist@feddit.org · -8 pts · 276d
lepinkainen@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 275d
The problem is that Russia will NOT stop. They might pause, but they can’t stop the expansion, they are culturally incapable of it.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 275d
How about we volunteer YOU to Russia first? We've suffered enough under soviet rule. Putin isn't any better. Germany seems very complacent though so idk, maybe make all of Germany an oblast like Königsberg?
Knoxvomica@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 275d
I think Germany should go to the Russians. Small price to pay.
Theprogressivist@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 277d
Ah yes, some would call it a 3 day operation.
Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 277d
He's cautioning that Russia will be capable of launching a limited attack, and that they do have the motivation to do so, if NATO allows them to believe that an attack would not be met with a response.
Russia is very eager to test the strength of the NATO alliance. With the US clearly faltering, they want to know if the rest of NATO will still stand united.
No matter how much Russia arms up, defeating NATO - even without the US - is not a realistic possibility. It could be, if they heavily militarise their economy while NATO countries allow our militaries to languish. This is why increased military spending is necessary, as much as that absolutely sucks. We can no longer rely on the US to foot the bill for protecting us, and we can no longer rely on access to the global economy being enough of a draw to prevent countries like Russia from starting shit.
No one wants to live in a world where being prepared for all out war is necessary, but that is the world we live in now and there's really nothing we can do about it.
Our only realistic option for NATO member states is to strengthen and rebuild our military forces, strengthen our bonds with each other (this is why Operation Reassurance is so important) and create a defensive posture that will prevent Russia from even thinking of trying anything, while we slowly bleed them to death with sanctions.
NimdaQA@lemmy.ml · -1 pts · 276d
tomiant@piefed.social · 13 pts · 277d
Europe needs to step up to the fucking plate, we can NOT let this happen again.
SaraTonin@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 276d
A lot hinges on the exact definition of “limited“. I could launch a limited attack on NATO today.
Siegfried@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 276d
Fuck it, im doing it now.
NATO, bunch of assholes, you didnt get your shit together on time and couldn't assist Ukraine consistently for 3 freaking years. now you cry because Russia keeps violating your airspace. You deserve what you get.
Here you have, a small limited verbal attack on NATO.
I might celebrate with a beer later
fleton@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 276d
ICBM INCOMING!!!! Nerf hits window
axexrx@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 274d
Inter child ballistic missile
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 275d
Pretty sure NATO could launch a limited attack on Russia at any time as well.
Michal@programming.dev · 6 pts · 275d
They've been attacking NATO countries for years now in cyber space. Nothing new.
yoriaiko@lemmy.blahaj.zone · -1 pts · 275d
Title is the bait.
They have capacity, possibilities, agree. But they could? naah,
I also have ability to throw a stick, to get close to the borders and throw a stick behind some fence. Probably would be spotted by some border army, maybe could negotiate for sake of silly stick, maybe. Or maybe could try to run fast enough to throw stupid stick before soldiers would stop me from doing anything serious, or probably could get shot, at least by taser.
For sure could launch a throw of a stick from few kilometers, away from the borders, behind military zone. Would that stick be thrown strong enough, not even olimpian can throw few kilometers. Not a chance, but that still would be a launch!
Title is the bait.