US general says NATO could seize Russia's Kaliningrad with 'unheard of' speed
US general says NATO could seize Russia's Kaliningrad with 'unheard of' speed
Leonid Slutsky snicker .
Sorry, yes, I am immature.
He isn't wrong, the U.S. military alone is far more funded, professional, battle tested and strategically coherent of a fighting force.
The US and Russia would likely not enter into direct fullscale armored land war, but if it did somehow happen even at the beginning of the conflict when Russia hadn't sacrificed such a stunning number of its soldiers and still was a mechanized army the US army would have kicked its ass.
Now? It would be a bloodbath.
I mean I am a leftist, I really don't like the part of the US that worships military power for powers sake, but there is no debate here, yes the US would steamroll Russia. I wouldn't want this battle to happen partially because I think the US military would go right for the throat and topple the entire Russian government in a way that wasn't necessarily what the US population wanted in terms of destabilizing the world... I mean fuck Russia I simply mean the US military would do it so fast and brutally it would happen before the world was ready for it.
Ukraine? I am not so sure the US would have faired much better in the initial invasion, Ukraine understood early on how small drone fpv drone tactics can be used to grind an enemy force to a halt in a way the US military like most militaries largely resisted. The US would have adapted by now though, and the US wouldn't keep sending its soldiers into battle in unarmored or fatally underarmored vehicles, that is never something the US has done in all its wars (which is NOT to defend those wars or endorse US militarism).
Ukraine? I am not so sure the US would have faired much better in the initial invasion, Ukraine understood early on how small drone fpv drone tactics can be used to grind an enemy force to a halt in a way the US military like most militaries largely resisted.
Russia failed the initial invasion alone. Troops were standing in towns with no idea what they were doing or where they were. Massive columns ran out of gas before getting anywhere. Ukrainian defense, once it popped off, was mostly guerrilla tactics with anti tank launchers from NATO. They didn't really start using kamikaze FPVs until weeks or months into the war. Also there was very little Russian air support in the early days of the invasion.
The US going up against a near peer threat is scary. Take a look at one of the many videos about day 1 of the gulf war. The US knocked out two early warning radars and completely destroyed all communications infrastructure in Baghdad all within the span of about a minute due to meticulous timing of missile launches and bomb drops.
Another example of US near peer response, against Russia/ Wagner this time. We went 0- (55-200)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Khasham
I would wager, based on what we heard from the soldiers that survived that the actual total was closer to 150 dead.
Ok, and then what?
one imperial force dominates another, the cycle continues, time moves on, the plebs suffer for it
What minerals are buried in Kaliningrad? Or are they primed for golf resorts and concentration camps?
It is basicaly a thorn in NATO defenses, a Russian millitary base deep inside NATO borders.
You know they’re quietly freaking out about the number of US military bases in the EU behind closed doors. What happens it things ever switch from apathy to hostility….
Don't they have nukes stashed there
They do indeed.
I like his enthusiasms