Originally Posted by
racedo
One question
Exactly why does Russia supposedly wish to attack and takeover the west ?
We are not talking about a Cold War style invasion with the Third Shock Army pouring across the border between East and West Germany. We are talking of the possibility of the Putin regime using force, or being tempted to, in the former Soviet republics. The current leadership in Moscow is determined to hold onto power at all costs, and may seek conflict to distract the population and the Putin regime has been setting up the West as a bogeyman for a number of years now. Russian submarine and air activity in the Atlantic is back to a level comparable with that in the Cold War - do you think that it is prudent for us to keep an eye of them?
In any case, there are other potential threats in the NATO theatre, such as the presence of the forces of the People's Republic of China operating in the Atlantic, over events in Africa or the Middle East over spilling into the Mediterranean or beyond.