That article is specific to NATO capacity to keep Russia from overrunning the tiny Baltic states, not a more general war.
In a general war, Russia could take a lot of territory quickly, but then is in serious trouble. Italy’s navy alone would put Putin’s Black Sea Fleet on the bottom in short order, if the Black Sea Fleet ventured beyond its namesake.
Many people wonder why NATO keeps Turkey as a member: Turkey’s considerable military capacity, large landmass, and ability to hem in Russia to Russia’s southwest, in a general war, are all reasons...
I’d also add that any European country needing that Qatar-to-Turkey-to-Europe pipeline is not likely to abandon Turkey, unless Turkey directly sends terrorists to attack them. The Euros can tolerate scattered terrorist attacks. They can’t tolerate the possibility of a future where Putin shuts off the gas, sells it to China, instead, and Europe has no alternative source.
Italian Navy my a$$! Our navy will have serious problems with Russia. You read too much NATO propaganda and do not know the real NATO military readiness situation. But that is not for people like you.
NATO is in a very sorry state and so is current US military preparedness. If war happened between the US and Russia alot of you would be in for a seriously unpleasant surprise.
BTW that article only gives you an inkling of a much larger problem.It is designed to get people to wake up and get their heads out of their posteriors.
In the US I have seen political Marxist/Leninists involved in attempts to prevent building Liquid Natural Gas depots on the east coast. This was happening a few years ago as Russian surrogates were invading the Ukraine after Crimea had been taken. I believe Russia at the time was withholding or threatening to withhold gas from Ukraine.