RWB
Legend
Posts: 12,821
|
Post by RWB on Sept 18, 2024 17:41:42 GMT
|
|
|
|
Post by limey² on Sept 18, 2024 18:18:24 GMT
Surely nobody imagines Russia has the capacity to attack Alaska?
What an absurd notion.
They're struggling in Ukraine, and they can go there on foot.
|
|
demos
Legend
Posts: 9,214
|
Post by demos on Sept 18, 2024 18:25:44 GMT
Surely nobody imagines Russia has the capacity to attack Alaska? What an absurd notion. They're struggling in Ukraine, and they can go there on foot. There are very serious people writing about how they're going to steamroll over Europe as soon as they're done with Ukraine, so I'm sure someone somehwere is talking up how they could roll through Alaska too.
But it's in response to this:
In June, Russia and China conducted an unprecedented joint bomber patrol through the air defense zone, Hilbert noted. “As the number of adversarial exercises increases around Alaska and throughout the region, including June’s joint Russian-Chinese bomber patrol, the operation to Shemya Island demonstrates the division’s ability to respond to events in the Indo-Pacific or across the globe, with a ready, lethal force within hours,” he said.
|
|
|
|
Post by CadesCove on Sept 18, 2024 18:31:13 GMT
It's an exercise.
|
|
RWB
Legend
Posts: 12,821
|
Post by RWB on Sept 18, 2024 18:36:31 GMT
Funny how the timing of this coincides with sending long range missiles to Ukraine.
|
|
demos
Legend
Posts: 9,214
|
Post by demos on Sept 18, 2024 18:39:45 GMT
|
|
|
|
Post by limey² on Sept 19, 2024 21:58:44 GMT
Surely nobody imagines Russia has the capacity to attack Alaska? What an absurd notion. They're struggling in Ukraine, and they can go there on foot. There are very serious people writing about how they're going to steamroll over Europe as soon as they're done with Ukraine, so I'm sure someone somehwere is talking up how they could roll through Alaska too.
But it's in response to this:
In June, Russia and China conducted an unprecedented joint bomber patrol through the air defense zone, Hilbert noted. “As the number of adversarial exercises increases around Alaska and throughout the region, including June’s joint Russian-Chinese bomber patrol, the operation to Shemya Island demonstrates the division’s ability to respond to events in the Indo-Pacific or across the globe, with a ready, lethal force within hours,” he said.
If by "steamroller" the Serious People mean "make a disastrous & futile series of yhoroughly repulsed small-scale incursions across NATO borders", maybe. Given their lack of any kind of meaningful amphibious assault capability, or the possibility to defend supply ships/planes from the US Navy/Air Force, Alaska seems optimistic. |
|
