NATO being a defensive alliance obviously won’t start a war. There are other actors behind the scenes that would love a global conflict. What better way to cull a population than global war? After all, the planet can’t handle the current growth in population. It will come to a breaking point...
Russia and China have been aligning themselves militarily for a while now. The odd joint exercises, weapons sales etc. Plus China is without doubt secretly supplying weapons components to Russia.
An alliance is only a matter of time.
Some commentators have been predicting an East V West global conflict for years. China/Russia/N.Korea Vs NATO is most definitely on the cards within the next 10 years. Maybe sooner.
The clock is ticking closer to midnight.
Not strictly accurate when you say way out of range. Ukraine does have the Patriot missile defence system deployed, just not enough of them. The added wings enable the FAB 500’s to be deployed from 70km out, as opposed to 40km. The Patriot has a range of 160km. The sneaky Russians still have to...
I would imagine they have help from Russian dissidents? The Russian Volunteer Corp is an active unit in the Ukrainian military, it currently has approximately 200 fighters. So there are plenty of Russians willing to help.
Tartus Navel base in Syria has been used by the Russian navy since they built it in 1971. It’s a strategically important base for them. Designed to counteract the US 6th fleet during the Cold War.