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Top NATO official Adm. Rob Bauer warned Thursday that a larger war with Russia and other adversaries is a real threat amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

Bauer, chair of the Western security alliance’s Military Committee, said “not everything is going to be hunky dory in the next 20 years.”

“I’m not saying it is going wrong tomorrow, but we have to realize it’s not a given that we are in peace,” he said at a press conference in Brussels. “That’s why we have the plans, that’s why we are preparing for conflict with Russia and the terror groups if it comes to it.”

Bauer emphasized the security alliance is defensive and does not seek conflict or a wider war.

“But if they attack us, we have to be ready,” he added.

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[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

So... Putin can't take Ukraine and is losing a not insignificant part of their military capabilities and yet we're concerned that we're going to deal with more war with Russia? Are they going to be coming after Europeans with sharpened sticks?

[–] Luvs2Spuj@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Prolly nukes. At which point who cares any more.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Considering the poor state of all their military equipment, I wonder how many of their nukes are actually functional.

[–] Luvs2Spuj@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

I hear this said a lot, but unfortunately if one is working that is one too many

[–] DragonTypeWyvern 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The nice thing about having 6000 nukes is you only need about half of them.

[–] LiamMayfair@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think a half of a half of a half of a half of half of that would probably do just fine too tbh

[–] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago