NATO threatens Russia with crushing response: possible targets named

NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Alexus Grynkewich presented a strategy at the Warsaw Security Forum for repelling a possible Russian attack. The plan includes long-range missile strikes, aircraft, mass use of drones and robots, and rapid intelligence sharing. The goal is to stop an offensive and deny the adversary the ability to achieve military objectives, not to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia.

NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Alexus Grynkewich presented a strategy on 12 October at the Warsaw Security Forum for repelling a possible Russian attack on alliance countries. The plan, reported by The Wall Street Journal, envisages the use of long-range missiles, aircraft, drones and ground robotic systems. Key elements: strikes on Russian command posts and air-defence systems in the Kaliningrad region, the area of St Petersburg and Belarus; NATO air attacks on reinforcements; the creation of an extensive zone with autonomous systems on the eastern flank; and a unified digital infrastructure for intelligence sharing. Grynkewich stressed that the goal is to stop an attack and deny the adversary the ability to achieve military objectives, not a strategic defeat of Russia or regime change. "I do not believe conflict is inevitable," the general said. The strategy has been called a "theory of victory". It concerns a scenario of a possible attack, not intentions to strike in peacetime.