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To: AU72
"Putin can instantly put 500 tanks on the Polish border and Poland and NATO and the American Army and Air Force quake in their boots?"

Actually, the Russian armored units are scattered across the country and it would take a massive effort to mobilize and move those forces into position, which would clearly be seen by our satellites. Also, most of the Russian superiority in numbers has been mitigated by the fact that they've moved thousands of armored vehicles into storage facilities. In fact, I read a recent article that said for the first time since the 50s, there's actually more NATO tanks than there are Russian!

30 posted on 11/26/2014 8:48:07 AM PST by aegiscg47
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To: aegiscg47
it would take a massive effort to mobilize and move those forces into position

I'll take that point, but what NATO is doing will very likely be seen as provocative by Putin who may consider a response. Has that scenario been gamed-out by NATO?

34 posted on 11/26/2014 8:59:22 AM PST by AU72
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