www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-tells-pilots-f16s-can-carry-nuclear-weapons-they-wont-change-things-2024-03-27/
Putin says Russia will not attack NATO, but F-16s will be shot down in Ukraine
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Which european country is acting like that? Most countries are preparing and gearing up.
It's the people. I've been "corrected" many times online that Russia would never attack a NATO country and that the west would just instantly wipe Russia out. That's a really naive, wishful thinking by them
You've gotta be kidding. Russia is a huge land mass but I don't think you're even remotely considering the strength of NATO.
Russia would lose it's ability to fight outside of its borders in days. The only real threat against NATO itself is nuclear weapons.
Ukraine is ~1 million soldiers operating with 40 year old donated equipment and is putting up a hell of a fight.
NATO is ~3.5 million soldiers (ready, could surge to millions more) armed to the teeth with 2024 equipment and tactics. Hundreds of stealth aircraft, tanks with modern composite armor, the best optics that can outrange the enemy on every possible terrain, sea, or sky.
It is absolutely insane to think that Russia would last even a month in a direct confrontation. They'd lose their navy and air force overnight. It sounds like hyperbole, but NATO is literally designed to fulfill that mission.
It's not an artillery slog over contested airspace with NATO. It's overwhelming force.
I doubt NATO would even need many troops. NATOs airpower would cripple Russia so badly that any supplies would be destroyed long before they can reach Russian front lines.