““You need to be able to respond”: NATO general on how to counter the threat of the “Oreshnyk” NATO commander for transformation stated the need to have weapons to respond to the Russian threat. Europe will not be able to defend itself with defense systems alone because of its size.”, — write on: unn.ua
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Answering the questions of Defense News journalists, Pierre Vandieu noted that the Alliance needs to be able to “reciprocate Russia.”
Stability is the ability to respond. If the Russian Federation has the means to strike Europe at a depth of 2,000 km, you should be able to respond. Deterrence is a way of putting pressure on the enemy before he gets to you. He must think about the consequences of his actions before committing them. Today we see the complete opposite, today we are constantly witnessing some fait accompli
The admiral believes that Europe will not be able to get rid of the threat of something like Israel’s Iron Dome, given its size.
According to Pierre Vandieu, over the past four to five years, most of the stabilization measures that were formed after the Cold War have stopped working. One of the largest was the treaty on the elimination of medium- and short-range missiles (IMF), from which the USA and Russia withdrew.
In the end, he added that Moscow “will respond to the escalation.”
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Analysis of the wreckage of the Oreshnyk ballistic missile, with which the Russian Federation attacked the Dnipro, showed the date of manufacture – 2017. The rocket was developed in the early 2010s and manufactured by Roscosmos.