> It's not pointless when nuclear response depends on seconds
That's exactly why it's pointless. Those few hundred kms don't make any difference.
And in terms of launch warning it's the subs that are the most dangerous and always have been.
Don't forget we have Russia's own enclave right in the middle of Europe and nobody complains about that.
> Russia has repeatedly asked to join NATO, most recently with Putin asking Clinton in the early 2000s. Unelected men in suits always manage to shut it down.
Russia is a crime syndicate masquerading as a country. It's just incompatible with our standards and values and if they joined NATO they would have driven a wedge into it.
We have enough problems as it is with Hungary pivoting to Russia and Turkey turning autocratic. Russia joining would have destroyed NATO. Which is probably why they wanted to join. I doubt it was ever sincere.
I do agree the MIC makes the US do very bad things but at least we in Europe are allies by choice, not at gunpoint like the former Warsaw pact. It's no wonder that counties prefer our side to joining their sphere of influence.
A lot of problems because they are also starting to align with other autocratic regimes like Russia. This is why it was so hard getting Finland and Sweden to join.
That's exactly why it's pointless. Those few hundred kms don't make any difference.
And in terms of launch warning it's the subs that are the most dangerous and always have been.
Don't forget we have Russia's own enclave right in the middle of Europe and nobody complains about that.
> Russia has repeatedly asked to join NATO, most recently with Putin asking Clinton in the early 2000s. Unelected men in suits always manage to shut it down.
Russia is a crime syndicate masquerading as a country. It's just incompatible with our standards and values and if they joined NATO they would have driven a wedge into it.
We have enough problems as it is with Hungary pivoting to Russia and Turkey turning autocratic. Russia joining would have destroyed NATO. Which is probably why they wanted to join. I doubt it was ever sincere.
I do agree the MIC makes the US do very bad things but at least we in Europe are allies by choice, not at gunpoint like the former Warsaw pact. It's no wonder that counties prefer our side to joining their sphere of influence.