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Russia could be ready to attack Nato within five years, says secretary general

c/world · u/HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works · 139 points

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Russia could be ready to attack Nato within five years and leaders of the western alliance are expected to agree to increase military spending to 5% of GDP this month to contain the threat, the alliance’s secretary general has said.

Mark Rutte said in a speech in London on Monday that Nato needed “a quantum leap in our collective defence”, which would include significant rearmament to deter an increasingly militarised Russia.

That would include a fivefold increase in air defence, thousands more tanks and millions more artillery shells to boost stockpiles and ensure Nato countries match existing levels of Russian production.

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u/derpgon@programming.dev · 5 points

I'd say even more concerning is rogue Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia, along with help of Belarus and possibly NK on a full scale war against NATO. Trump is dumb, but not that dumb to be attacking WITH Russia, since it would be much easier to claim some uninhabited Russian land full of natural resources compared to rather populated European countries without that much natural resources.

u/BombOmOm@lemmy.world · 45 points

No. But much like an erratic hobo with an unfolded knife, I have zero desire to allow them the ability to attack anybody.

u/Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca · 8 points

Russia is comitting genocide against Russians. It's the most Russian thing I can think of. Like ~ 1,000,000 deaths.

u/MCasq_qsaCJ_234@lemmy.zip · 42 points

In reality, Russia is going to attack with scrap metal and use its entire population as cannon fodder to claim they have committed "genocide."

u/Fingolfinz@lemmy.world · 22 points

Technically anyone could attack nato but that doesn’t mean it would be successful

u/Carmakazi@lemmy.world · 20 points

I don't think the SG actually believes that, but whatever serves the goal of European military independence.

The more concerning shorter term threat is a rogue United States, but that's a hell of a thing to admit publicly.

u/i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca · 12 points

Attack with what? All the rusted metal hulks and organic fertilizer they’ve left strewn across eastern Ukraine?

u/gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 11 points

Honestly, no it couldn’t. That’s not a credible threat. And it’s not just about materiel losses. They sent most of their trainers to the front lines a few years ago. You.. just *don’t do* that. It makes it impossible to regenerate your forces.