MicroWaveJan 19, 2024

NATO admiral warns of potential all-out war with Russia

https://lemmy.world/post/10918241

NATO admiral warns of potential all-out war with Russia - Lemmy.World

Top NATO official Adm. Rob Bauer warned Thursday that a larger war with Russia and other adversaries is a real threat amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Bauer, chair of the Western security alliance’s Military Committee, said “not everything is going to be hunky dory in the next 20 years.” “I’m not saying it is going wrong tomorrow, but we have to realize it’s not a given that we are in peace,” he said at a press conference in Brussels. “That’s why we have the plans, that’s why we are preparing for conflict with Russia and the terror groups if it comes to it.” Bauer emphasized the security alliance is defensive and does not seek conflict or a wider war. “But if they attack us, we have to be ready,” he added.

Show threadAsafum
So… Putin can’t take Ukraine and is losing a not insignificant part of their military capabilities and yet we’re concerned that we’re going to deal with more war with Russia? Are they going to be coming after Europeans with sharpened sticks?
Jan 19, 2024 at 7:56pmWeb
Show threadLuvs2SpujJan 19, 2024
Prolly nukes. At which point who cares any more.
Show threadTattorackJan 19, 2024
Considering the poor state of all their military equipment, I wonder how many of their nukes are actually functional.
Show threadDragonTypeWyvernJan 19, 2024
The nice thing about having 6000 nukes is you only need about half of them.
Show threadLiam MayfairJan 19, 2024
I think a half of a half of a half of a half of half of that would probably do just fine too tbh
Show threadDragonTypeWyvernJan 19, 2024

Nah even 6k is not enough to kill the world anymore, you’d need to use them all to eradicate one country.

Pathetic tbqh. Probably can’t even guarantee the destruction of every city with more than 100k people, why even bother?

Show threadLuvs2SpujJan 19, 2024
I hear this said a lot, but unfortunately if one is working that is one too many
Show threadJJROKCZJan 20, 2024
Only need one
Show threadtakedaJan 19, 2024

Russia doesn't need Ukraine on its own, they need Ukraine to get access Poland, Romania and Moldova.

They already switched into war time production, and if they manage to get Ukraine they only need couple years to replenish all military equipment.

Show threadcygnusJan 19, 2024

They already switched into war time production, and if they manage to get Ukraine they only need a year or two to replenish all military equipment.

And who’s going to do all the replenishing? Disabled former soldiers, the single moms the dead ones left behind, or the almost nonexistent men over 55? Oh, maybe they could liberate the prison population, half of which has AIDS.

Show threadDogyoteJan 19, 2024

Russia doesn’t need Ukraine on its own, they need Ukraine to get access Poland, Romania and Moldova.

But why? Poland and Romania are already in NATO. Isn’t that why they’re attacking Ukraine now and Georgia in 2008, to prevent them from joining NATO?