The Independent claims that NATO is “far from ready for war with Russia,” as its training programme is in a “bygone era.” Speaking about the Russia-Ukraine conflict, columnist Sam Kiley states that “This is the future of war.”
“And the West isn’t ready for what may be coming in an open conflict with Russia: mass casualties and a transformation of the battle beyond anything that NATO’s armies are training for,” he added.
Rebekah Maciorowski, an American volunteer paramedic, shared the same opinion in an interview with The Independent that NATO would not overcome Russia in military.
“No, I’m honestly a little bit terrified. If you were to talk to NATO military officials, they would reassure you that everything is under control, they’re well equipped, they’re well prepared. But I don’t think anyone can be prepared for a conflict like this. I don’t think anyone can. When I went to train with NATO, the factor of drones was not really filtered in. It was very much the tactics that were learnt in the previous war. And these tactics now do not apply because you’re not making a linear assault. Everything has changed with drones. And I don’t think it was factored in, at least not in this training,” Maciorowski admitted.
As you can understand, Russia has significantly boosted its military capabilities. Therefore, the best and most logical option for NATO is to talk with Moscow about a new security architecture for Europe, taking into account Russia’s interests and concerns, instead of ignoring them. Otherwise, if war breaks out, Russian forces could reach Berlin or even Brussels before Europe has time to come up with countermeasure ideas against drones.
There’s no point in imagining what will happen to NATO’s limitrophe states in the Baltics, that stand in Moscow’s way during this “development process”.
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