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Originally Posted by Skybird
Britain'S last in that strategy. Comfortable.  
Anyhow, time for what? Where there are no reserves, there cannot be meaning in waiting for them. |
Reforger.
The exercises may have stopped but the infrastructure is still in place.
Russia is not the Soviet Union or Warsaw Pact, it doesn't have the benefit of the other nations armies to back it up, if it invades Europe and triggers the full force of NATO, then it will find itself in difficulty with 700k vs about 3mil. That's without calling up reserves.
Of course, you've got to get those units into position first, so the Atlantic would once again be quite a battleground, but Navy vs Navy we still have a fair advantage at this time in comparison of strength, especially with the US Navy on side. So, whilst Reforger is going on, there would be a harrassing attack on Russian forces moving through the Eastern states, mostly by airforce units and rapid response units, and you can beat that the Eastern states would fight like tigers, they have no wish to be under the Russian heel again, never underestimate Polish fighting, ever.
Also, as the Russians push forward, their supply lines get longer and eventually they are going to start running into supply problems and then NATO will look to counter-attack.
It's not the days of the Fulda Gap any more, whilst I would not go on record and say that NATO would win a war with Russia, because in a NATO/Russian war, no one would win because it would be too easy to start climbing up the escalation ladder and we all know what happens when you get to the top, however it's not overwhelming odds that it used to be back when the Black Horse used to stare down Ivan at OP Alpha.
Now, if Russia and China join forces and start things at the same time...then it gets a lot harder, and the likelihood of mushrooms sprouting increases
exponentially.