Die NATO sei „unzureichend“ auf einen groß angelegten Krieg mit Russland vorbereitet, sagt Hodges

https://kyivindependent.com/hodges-russia-nato/

35 Comments

  1. hoocoodanode on

    Thankfully Russia is not prepared for a large-scale war with NATO.

  2. Such a nothingburger news. Of course Nato is prepared. would be weird if it was not.

  3. Eatthehamsters69 on

    What would that even look like?

    Is there any plausible scenario where such a thing doesn’t go nuclear, or that china also doesn’t get direclty involved

  4. TheStripClubHero on

    Considering they can’t really handle the situation with Ukraine, there is a 0% chance they don’t get completely folded by NATO.

  5. Anustart15 on

    Seems a little disingenuous to act like not having defenses against Russian attacks would matter. If NATO truly my went to war with Russia, there would be nothing left of Russia for anyone to have to worry about defending against

  6. Adavanter_MKI on

    lol, remember the headline that the U.S’s conventional capability threatened stability? Because it was TOO capable. Able to address all threats of China and Russia combined supposedly drove them to be more war like.

    So… are we too capable or incapable? Me thinks everyone just needs to calm the hell down.

  7. Half-Shark on

    Meaning: “it might take 2 months to beat them down instead of 2 weeks”

  8. SmoothlyAbrasive on

    Absolute nonsense.

    Russia has no answer to NATO stealth aircraft, no balancer against them, and no system that can reliably detect them, leave alone track and interdict them. Its tank forces are in shambles, its accuracy with artillery and missiles is utter dogshit, its troops are largely ineffectual and clueless, and those that aren’t either thing are under equipped and under supplied.

    Russia can’t defend itself against counter invasion, it can’t achieve its aims without emptying entire towns of men in first and second world war style human wave attacks, its combined arms strategy…isn’t combined at all, and would be outdated even if it were. It’s naval power has been proven to be utter shit, its air force isn’t worth crap, and its army is pathetic, and only makes headway through numbers, not capacity.

    Whereas, NATO has members that contribute some of the most effective human force multipliers in all of military history, including the entirety of the top ten most effective special forces units ever bought together, and the only truly battle hardened ones in all the world, something that Russia cannot counter even if it goes to China or North Korea to get help, because their special forces are made of as much paper as the fucking Spetznaz were, before getting their cards punched by the Ukrainians in the first weeks of this conflict.

    All Russia has is a stockpile of nukes it can’t use without getting turned to glass itself. Every other military asset it possesses is on a per unit basis utter shit, and only has numbers going for it, and rapidly shrinking ones at that. If NATO joined Ukraine in actively combatting Russia, the conflict would be a wrap inside of a couple of months, and far less costly than some people seem to think.

  9. Russia fights as a meat grinder like WW2. NATO is technologically and logistically superior in every way.

  10. CavemanShakeSpear on

    Yeah uh, he would know, he was NATOs Allied Land Commander when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014. Almost like deactivating an armored brigade combat team stationed in Europe was a bad idea.

  11. DumbestBoy on

    That can change, fast. We’re talking about countries, not failing businesses.

  12. JustAnother4848 on

    A lot of you guys are underestimating the damage Russia would do in even a non nuclear war. They would start shooting down satellites, cutting undersea cables, and launch massive cyber attacks. That would just be the beginning.

    Europe would be bombed as well. Ultimately, Russia would probably lose, but it really wouldn’t be good for anyone.

    Say North Korea decides to go south at the same time, and America would be spread pretty thin for a while.

  13. nobadhotdog on

    Dennis the menace with a broken slingshot is prepared for a war with Russia

  14. 7fingersDeep on

    No lies spoken. Most major powers are now aware that they have the last war’s force structure and tactics.

    The trick will be if any of them can change and modernize.

  15. idk_wtf_im_hodling on

    Idk they are about 10x more prepared than Russia so i think they’ll be ok

  16. The best part of a statement like this is it ultimately changes nothing.

    Like, sure, it might be true – but does Russia REALLY want to risk calling their hand?

  17. Sorry_Economics_4748 on

    If NATO went to war, Russia would lose all ability to wage war within my lifetime. Bet.

  18. thissomeotherplace on

    Oh yeah? Well Russia wasn’t even prepared for a war with its own neighbor

    Hell, even that Wagner weirdo almost managed to invade Moscow

    Russia isn’t even prepared for war against its own

  19. Dan-Of-The-Dead on

    Russia has lost over half a million (!) troops to date. It’s navy is in a completely deplorable state. Billions lost in vehicles and equipment. Their own mercenaries almost reached Moscow when they frickin rebelled. Have they even managed to repel the Ukrainian incursions into Russia proper yet?

    Russia is in no shape or form ready to fight NATO.

  20. JunketAccurate on

    I admit I didn’t read the article but the headline sounds stupid. Ukraine is holding its own with what iwould seem to be NATOs surplus and in some cases outdated equipment

  21. This guy has been harping on how inadequate NATO is since his time commanding USAEUR almost 10 years ago. If the invasion of Ukraine shows anything, it’s how NATO‘s overwhelming superiority in men, material and maneuverability would clean Putin‘s clock were he to invade a NATO member – Russia is but a pale shadow of the Soviet Union I experienced in Berlin in the 80s

  22. AffectEconomy6034 on

    This is Ben hodges one of the few guys who’s been almost spot on calling every one of russias bluffs from the start that being said he is the former General of united states army Europe so he would be cautious and want to have an overwhelming power differential with russia.

    And with that also being said he is a NATO mentor for logistics so I think he is right to call on NATO to improve its military production capabilities and get it on par with our adversaries.

  23. I really like Hodges, I hope he gets some kind of role in the Kamala administration

  24. mynamesnotsnuffy on

    The Russian army is the third best armed force in Russia, I don’t think we have anything to worry about.

  25. Tobbethedude on

    I mean, russia wasent prepared for a little “special military operation” in Ukraine so im not that worried

  26. name__redacted on

    I’m going to go out on a limb and say NATO has over prepared for war with Russia, had Russia’s three day invasion of Ukraine instead been an invasion of a NATO country the war would have indeed lasted three days. In three days Russell‘s military would’ve been obliterated.

  27. DramaticWesley on

    The U.S. is part of NATO. I assure you the U.S. is prepared to knock out half of Russian assets in a matter of days.

  28. DiceCubed1460 on

    If even just Poland joined the war against Russia, russia would be royally screwed. It would still not be an easy war, but Russia would be pushed out of Ukraine for sure.

    I don’t doubt that there are many problems in NATO’s defense aparatus. But even “inadequately prepared,” they could still overrun, outgun, and decimate the russian army with easy if they really needed to.

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