Got tired of the defeatism that is AGAIN spreading in Europe amid the weekly warnings that Russia might attack NATO in 1-5 (or 20) years so I wrote about Nordic-Baltic preparedness.
Not everybody has been sitting on their hands for the past 2 years.
cepa.org/article/the-no…
Not everybody has been sitting on their hands for the past 2 years.
cepa.org/article/the-no…
Finland has activated a war economy lite. The Baltic states have been busy jointly procuring air defence systems to establish the “Livonian air shield” and are working to reinforce their borders together in the “Baltic Defence Line”. Sweden is reaching 2% already this year.
The Nordic countries are using their NORDEFCO cooperation framework and the EU’s ASAP funding to increase ammunition production both for regional needs and for Ukraine. The Baltic states are doing the same. This is all happening already, not in 3 years.
And never forget that Finland’s border and Sweden’s soon-to-be NATO territory have massively complicated any attack on the Baltics for Russia. It wouldn’t be the same walk in the park now as it was pre-2022 and Russians most likely are aware of that.
While it’s important to try and wake up populations who still feel comfortably far away from the war in Ukraine, and it’s absolutely correct to remind that Russia absolutely intends to remain a serious menace, the right conclusions must be drawn from it. Get busy, not apathetic.
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