Originally Posted by
etudiant
...... Just what technical superiority does NATO think it has or will have in another decade to offset massive industrial inferiority?
Good point. TBH, it seems a major shift towards "economic warfare" has been with us since before the end of the Cold War. Taking Russia, currently reading a fascinating book on the rise of Putin and the KGB since the end of the Soviet Union and how inter-twined Russia has become with the West commercially, using the West's propensity to put "profits before morals", to enable Russia to position itself so as to be able to hold others to economic (and, hence, political) ransom. The opening credits to "Have I Got News For You" had it nailed way back with the bit about the gas pipeline!!!! Nord Stream 2 is just the latest twist on a rather murky saga which has been running for decades. And gas is just one area. It sort of makes the usefulness of Aircraft Carriers a somewhat academic argument.....