Experts rule out NATO attacks from Russia
Russia's military actions against NATO are completely excluded, although in this case the Russian Federation would have many advantages, said Doctor of Military Sciences Konstantin Sivkov (Sweden).
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| NATO headquarters in Brussels (Belgium). |
Previously, experts from the Swedish Defense Research Agency released a report "Western Military Capabilities in Northern Europe 2020", according to which in the event of a large-scale war, Russia would have an advantage over NATO countries due to the geographical dispersion of this force.
"Russia will not conduct offensive military operations against NATO for the following simple reason: in terms of total military and industrial potential, NATO is many times stronger than Russia. There will be only a defensive war here," said Mr. Sivkov.
In this case, the aggressor will create groups to conduct offensive operations against Russia at its borders, Sivkov explained. According to him, the Swedish report has another purpose. Its task is to convince the people and leaders of European countries of the need to allocate funds for the reorganization of the road network.
"The fact is that about 80% of European bridges cannot withstand a load of more than 50 tons. Thus, the tanks that Europe has: Leopard, Leclerc and American Abrams tanks can only use 15-20% of the bridges. The rest cannot withstand a weight of 68-70 tons, so they are unusable," Sivkov added.
