Originally Posted by
Lonewolf_50
Mr Putin, pat yourself on the back. You made this possible.
Geostrategically, the integration of Sweden and Finland is of tremendous value for a possible defence of the Baltics. For Kaliningrad the situation in case of war has massively deteriorated. And Kaliningrad is Moscow's outpost needed to make use of Iskanders or of any air assets short of long range bombers and at the same time it would be almost indefensible for them. Long range bombers would have to fly >1000km over NATO lake/through NATO controlled air space. Chance of survival? 0.0%. Murmansk can be reached within less than 10 minutes by Air from anywhere along more than 300km and within 15 minutes along 600km of border from NATO territory. Also now practically indefensible. Black Sea Fleet: Not usable. Northern Fleet: Highly vulnerable. In a hot conflict he would be quickly down to what was submerged at sea (I meant those that were designed for that) and what's at Vladivostok. If the Chinese haven't taken this over by then. Congrats.
For any potential conflict with NATO this has been an own goal for Vlad big time.