NATO has been ready for ‘direct confrontation with Russia’ since 1948. That’s its job.
Russia invaded Ukraine.
Submarine launched nuclear weapons changed the game—a lot.
We are talking three minutes warning for the East and West Coasts of the US.
1948 might as well be AD 108.
All the underground bunkers built for the Congress-critters are totally irrelevant—hopefully they are not stupid enough to think they would have time to get to those locations and survive nuclear war.
Submarine launched nuclear weapons changed the game—a lot.
We are talking three minutes warning for the East and West Coasts of the US.
1948 might as well be AD 108.
All the underground bunkers built for the Congress-critters are totally irrelevant—hopefully they are not stupid enough to think they would have time to get to those locations and survive nuclear war.
“NATO has been ready for ‘direct confrontation with Russia’ since 1948. That’s its job.”
Yup. And, not just Russia. But, a threat from Russia was certainly the most likely scenario.