“Against the background of a powerful demonstration from China – NATO countries have not yet decided which of them would fight.”, – WRITE: www.unian.ua
Against the background of a powerful demonstration from China – NATO countries have not yet decided which of them would fight.
The China’s parade had to demonstrate military power to the Celestial Countries of the West / ScreenshotIn Beijing, on September 3, the largest in the history of China was a militaristic parade, which was to demonstrate the military power of the Middle Kingdom throughout the world and the West in particular. Meanwhile, after many decades, the allies of the United States are finally re -collected, writes the American edition of Foreign Policy.
In June, the NATO annual Summit pledged to spend at least 5% of their GDP on defense and its infrastructure. But even despite the increase in funding, re -equipment of factories and increasing weapons production, the Alliance did not solve the fundamental problem: who will fight.
According to the publication, one of the key war lessons between Russia and Ukraine concerns the number. For the event, the era of limited rebel operations and the rapid precision war ended.
When more than half a million soldiers stand against each other at the front of more than a thousand kilometers, NATO has to re -study the old principle of war: the mass matters. And ultimately, this mass still depends on human resources.
The use of drones has not reduced the need for soldiersAnother key aspect of the war between Russia and Ukraine – the mass use of drones on the battlefield – should not distract the event from the central role of human resources, continues the publication. Drones are now causing about 70% of the loss in the war, but they are evolution, not a revolution in military affairs.
Strike drones are often a more expensive and less effective means of fire support than old -fashioned artillery. Therefore, the size of the drones in the Ukrainian battlefields testify not only to the increase in the possibilities of unmanned aerial vehicles and ammunition, but also to the exhaustion of traditional ammunition, including artillery and rockets.
The expansion of the Drone War forced the Ukrainian army and Russian invaders to transfer people to new specialties, but this did not reduce the need for soldiers.
Currently, technology has not changed the fundamentally grueling nature of major interstate conflicts. Foreign Policy believes that Ukraine’s insufficient efforts to mobilize and shortcomings in Russian recruitment work began to be given.
NATO member states rely on small professional armed forcesBut even though the losses of Russia and Ukraine exceeded 1 million people in the war, says the publication, most of NATO member states still rely on small professional armed forces typical of the Cold War period.
The British army, which has only 70,000 full-fledged soldiers, is the smallest of the 1700s. The German Bundesver, which has about 180,000 full -fledged soldiers, is approximately a third of its size during the Cold War.
For any Western European country, it would probably be difficult to mobilize and deploy even one capable heavy brigade in less than a week. For comparison, according to Foreign Policy, there are about 300 brigades on both sides of the front in Ukraine.
Restoration of actual conscription for the army for decades has been politically toxic to most Western countries. After the Cold War, all, except for several, the NATO’s armed forces abolished compulsory military service. But now the situation is changing.
In Germany, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius openly spoke for the restoration of compulsory service, and the ruling coalition proposed a law that would quickly restore the conscription during the crisis. Even in the United Kingdom, which has historically treated something more than an extraordinary event during the war, politics, such as former Prime Minister Risha Sakak, discussed the restoration of the National Service.
Exception – Finland and SwedenFinland and Sweden, who have joined NATO only after a full -scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine, can be an example for other allies fighting security challenges.
So Finland, where the General Military Service for men operate, can mobilize an army of almost 1 million active soldiers and reservists from a total population, which is less than 6 million.
Although it will take several weeks to mobilize all Finnish reservists, less high combatants can be ready in a matter of days or even hours-a reaction to an unexpected invasion of Russia to Crimea in 2014, which has become a powerful argument for a country that still remembers Soviet aggression in 1939-1940.
The Finnish army can also boast of one of NATO’s largest artillery forces and will soon receive support for 64 new F-35 fighters.
In general, the publication noted, if the fighting begins in the territory of NATO or in East Asia, voluntary will be insufficient to meet the needs of human resources during the Great War.
Despite all the special detachment on the target costs, the best indicator for assessing the devotion of a wealthy modern country in its defense can be the number of well -trained people in the form, the article says. The question remains whether the democracy of Europe and Asia will demonstrate such dedication.
Parade in ChinaOn September 3, the military parade in China was dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Second World War, in which the modern People’s Republic of China considers itself one of the main winners.
The demonstration of visually the latest weapons samples on the main square of China’s capital, analysts were regarded as the obvious message of the United States and their allies.
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