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Re:The French armed forces are planning for high-intensity war by goatinaboat on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @09:54AM (#26792143)
Neither Russia or China pose any military threath to Europe unless we send our ships right up their shores.

Ukraine and the Baltic States are in Europe, no? The Baltic States are, for better or worse, NATO members and the alliance is bound to defend them.

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Re:The French armed forces are planning for high-intensity war by nspattak on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @10:06AM (#26792289)
Can you name some of the latest NATO member that were defended by NATO?
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Re:The French armed forces are planning for high-intensity war by goatinaboat on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @10:10AM (#26792348)
Can you name some of the latest NATO member that were defended by NATO?

NATO has the "enhanced forward presence" (tanks) in Estonia and "Baltic air policing" (fighter jets) covering all 3.

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Re:The French armed forces are planning for high-intensity war by rmind on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @10:44AM (#26792848)
West Germany during the Cold War? At least technically, USA (following 911)?
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Re:The French armed forces are planning for high-intensity war by sudosysgen on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @01:33PM (#26795955)
So, not a defence. There was no confrontation in East Germany.

NATO in practice is an offensive alliance as much as a defensive one.

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Re:The French armed forces are planning for high-intensity war by goatinaboat on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @04:15PM (#26798595)
There was no confrontation in East Germany.

The scenario BAOR was prepared for was the Third Shock Army surging through the Fulda Gap, and likewise the Third was prepared to do that.

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Re:The French armed forces are planning for high-intensity war by sudosysgen on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @04:32PM (#26798850)
The question was, did NATO ever defend anyone, not "did NATO prepare to defend anyone".
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Re:The French armed forces are planning for high-intensity war by goatinaboat on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @02:34AM (#26803682)
Are you counting defence only as actively fighting in response to an attack? Because deterrence is defence is its passive form of which NATO has done plenty
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Re:The French armed forces are planning for high-intensity war by iomodo on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @10:58AM (#26793069)
Since when Ukraine and Baltic States are not considered in Europe? Do you mean EU?
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