With a Russian drone traversing two NATO countries before crashing near Zagreb, Croatia, a NATO member, the alliance is worried about a mistake that could lead to all out war with the Russians. But if war comes, NATO would not be caught with its lederhosen down.
The tension has former NATO scofflaws ponying up the alliance minimum GDP of 2 percent and working together closer than they have in 60 years, perhaps since WWII.
NATO defense ministers will discuss stepping up defenses along their eastern front. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine “creates a new security reality” in Europe, the NATO secretary general said. https://t.co/bUs4ROhpjo
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FNC: “NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned against the increasing possibility of an accidental military strike by Russian forces in a neighboring NATO nation. The secretary-general’s comments came just days after Croatian authorities said an armed Soviet-era drone crashed outside the capital of Zagreb after flying over Romania and Hungry.
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Russia has launched more than 900 missiles at Ukrainian targets since the invasion began nearly three weeks ago. Western targets near the Polish border have been increasingly hit and concerns have mounted that a misguided missile could strike a NATO nation as fighting continues.”
“We are ready to protect and defend every inch of NATO allied territory,” he told press on Tuesday. “When we see more military activities, when we see actually fighting going on close to NATO borders, there’s always a risk for incidents and accidents.
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“Therefore, we have to make every effort to prevent such incidents and accidents and if they happen, to make sure that they don’t spiral out of control and create really dangerous situations,” he added.
“We are increasing the capabilities we have to monitor, to track, but also to ensure that we are able to react if needed,” he continued. “If anything, it demonstrates the need to further strengthen integration, further strengthen information sharing among allies, and also to invest more and upgrade everything from radars to our persons of air and missile defense systems.”
The NATO honcho said the defensive alliance is planning to “substantially” increase the number of troops it has in Eastern Europe, as well as the amount of “pre-positioned equipment…President Putin’s brutal invasion of Ukraine is causing death and destruction every day,” he said. “It has shocked the world and shaken the national order.”
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Neo-Stalinist Russia sets the Rules Of Engagement, and the west bends over?
Why not follow the precedent the USSR and Communist China used in the Korean war?
They both piloted MIG Jet Fighters based Communist China against NATO forces trying to repel the North Korean invasion of South Korea. Thousands of Communist Chinese troops invaded to support retreating North Korean forces.
Therefore, NATO pilots can fly Jet Fighters based in NATO countries against Russian forces invading Ukraine and even send troops and armor!
……………………See how that works? Fair is Fair!
Russia had 5 nukes in 1950. The USA had 299 nukes. Yet Truman chickened out and backstabbed MacArthur while the USSR went all in suppling T-34 tanks and MIG 15 fighters to support North Korea’s invasion of the south.