NATO is mobilizing its resources and strategic plans in anticipation of a potential all-out war, as Lieutenant General Alexander Sollfrank, head of NATO’s logistics command, said.
This important preparation underscores a grim reality: the specter of World War III is coming.
In these two and a half years of war in Ukraine, we have seen how the US and NATO support for Kiev have violated one by one all the so-called ‘red lines’ of Russia, until we have arrived at a frightening position that the West has estimated. to greenlight strikes with long-range missiles inside Russian territory, a move that could have unimaginable consequences.
That has prompted Russian President Vladimir Putin to again warn that the US and NATO will go to ‘war’ with Russia if the West allows Ukraine to use long-range missiles – and, in fact, as we will see – it will be the one that fires. those people.
According to a report from the Daily Mail, General Sollfrank has confirmed that NATO is developing a mass evacuation and rescue strategy to deal with the anticipated challenges of a major conflict with Russia.
In a concerted effort to strengthen its defenses, NATO recently launched its largest military exercise since the Cold War, involving 90,000 troops from more than 30 allied nations.
This exercise, it is called Bek Mantap 2024designed to test the alliance’s collective capabilities in multiple domains—land, air, sea, and cyber. The mobilization of American forces to the European frontline is also on the table, with plans being formulated to ensure rapid deployment in the event of an escalation.
In addition, European countries are struggling to improve their military capabilities. Germany has pledged more than €100 billion to modernize its armed forces, while Poland has committed nearly 5% of its GDP to defense spending.
The Daily Mail reported:
Sollfrank runs NATO’s Joint Support and Enabling Command (JSEC), which is tasked with coordinating the rapid movement of troops and tanks across Europe as well as logistical preparations such as ammunition storage in NATO’s eastern flank.
But since Vladimir Putin sent his troops across the border with Ukraine in February 2022, relations between Russia and the West have deteriorated to a level not seen since the Cuban Missile Crisis.
That forced Sollfrank and JSEC to face the possibility of a major ground war in Europe, and the unit began planning its approach to medical evacuation.
In the event of a conflict with Russia, wounded troops would have to be transported over greater distances than in other wars in recent years, Sollfrank said.
Russian air defenses and jets mean that medical evacuation flights will be put under greater threat than anything they have faced before from insurgents in Afghanistan or Iraq.
Sollfrank argues that a massive network of rail and road evacuation vehicles should be deployed and says NATO forces should be supported by specially designed trains that can transport more casualties at the same time than planes.
NATO is set to urge all 32 member states to implement a comprehensive civil defense strategy in preparation for a potential large-scale attack, as a buffer alliance for future threats from Russia, Foreign Policy reported last July.
According to officials familiar with the discussions, NATO leaders will formally call for this initiative during the Washington summit next year.
“We’re going to push the idea in Washington that all allies should commit to having some kind of national planning process that brings together both military planning and civilian planning for Article 5,” one NATO official said.
Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO) states that if a NATO member is attacked, all other NATO members are presumed to be attacked as well. This means that all NATO members are obliged to help members who are under attack, and can use armed forces if necessary.
