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Originally Posted by Skybird
If that were true, it means Russia can attack ships in NATO's territorial waters (12nm zone) without consequences. Thinking that to the end means Russia can also shoot down planes in NATO airpace without NATO reacting to that.
I think if that were true, and by guts feeling I doubt it, then NATO can do itself away and leave the stage of history, because then one must expect that even a Russian attack on NATO soil would not have an according reaction. What use would NATO then have?
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Yiu and I are both well aware that NATO is primarily a defensive force but there are limits to that stance and a Russian attack on international shipping would almost certainly be a 'red line' for NATO.
It is for Putin to make the next move and I believe he is still quite a way from exercising his nuclear option.