© Nextnavy.comLoren Thompson
As the tension between the world powers appear to escalate, stories suggesting how the hypothetical conflict between Russia and the NATO bloc would unfold are increasingly more common in various media outlets. And in this potential standoff, Russia has lots of advantages that could help it to gain an upper hand, Loren Thompson, a Chief Operating Officer of the non-profit Lexington Institute and a columnist, wrote for Forbes magazine.
First of all, according to Thompson, NATO has neglected preparations necessary to meet high-tech threats.
"Fifteen years of fighting counter-insurgency warfare in Southwest Asia has left the Army well equipped to take down irregular forces such as ISIS [Daesh], but much less ready to fight an enemy armed with tanks, artillery and attack aircraft," Thompson wrote.Moreover, Russia would gain huge geographical advantages in potential conflict, the analyst added. Russia, he went on, has a historical tendency to conduct warfare on land rather than at sea. Additionally, taking into account the quantity of armed forces deployed in the west of the country, Russia can, in a very short-term, assemble the required numbers of servicemen, Thompson underscored.
The author of the article also believes that NATO's air support may, in fact, appear ineffective, as Russia has obtained mighty anti-aircraft defense systems. "For instance, most of Polish air space is potentially within range of Russian air defenses," Thompson pointed out.
Thompson concluded by stating that the capabilities of Russian weaponry are gradually growing.
"As the Russian military has become increasingly professionalized, it has introduced an array of advanced conventional weapons while America and its allies have under-invested in new technology."
This little story reads as yet another pitch for the US/UK/EU people to fork over their cash to the Military Industrial Complex, yes Russia had several advanced weapons systems, but the west have made tons of investments into high tech junk as well, the only real difference is that the Russia MIC delivers while the wests MICs fails time and again to even keep even basic promises thanks to an insane need to lie about everything, cut all costs to increase profits and keep products failure prone to increase repair income.