How would NATO defeat a Russian invasion? Its top commander envisions a wall of drones, a counteroffensive, and missile strikes deep behind Russian lines.
General Alexus Grynkewich, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe, laid out a 'theory of victory' at a Warsaw security conference, vowing that any attack on alliance territory would be met by efforts to destroy, in his words, 'anything and everything' that supports the attacking force. He avoided naming Russia directly, though Reuters and other outlets read the message as aimed squarely at Moscow.
The plan, detailed separately by the Wall Street Journal, envisions an 'autonomous zone' of drones and ground robots holding the eastern flank, paired with long-range missile strikes on Russian command posts and air defenses near Kaliningrad, St. Petersburg, and Belarus, clearing the way for a ground counteroffensive led partly by the U.S. Army's V Corps. More than 20,000 troops were simultaneously rehearsing a related scenario in the Steadfast Duel exercise.
Russia's embassy in Ireland and a document sent to NATO accused the alliance of preparing a Kaliningrad blockade and warned Moscow would consider any weapon, including nuclear ones, in response. NATO's written reply insisted none of its exercises or activities threaten Russian territory.
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