[wolf78]

NATO is in a much better position to assist the Baltics, for example.

Well, Georgia borders on Turkey, a NATO member, that also controls the entrance to the Black Sea (i.e. the Bosporus strait). That's also why already a number a NATO frigates are in the Region:


German Bremen class frigate "Lübeck"


Polish Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate "Generał Kazimierz Pułaski"


Spanish Álvaro de Bazán class frigate

and of course, the USS Tailor

[colorado tanker]

True, Turkey shares a short border with Georgia. Turkey, however, had no appetite for getting involved militarily in the defense of Georgia.

Turkey's military in the region historically was defensively oriented to stop a Russian and later Soviet attack. I'm not aware of any NATO plans to use Turkey as a base to defend Georgia. Also, the naval force appears to be European.

Georgia is such a narrow country and so easily cut in two from S. Ossetia, it poses real problems for any NATO force that would try to intervene from distant bases.

[RusIvan]

Cruser Moscow: Look on the supersonic missile containers. 16 supersonic missiles = 16 dead enemy ships.