Litwin
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Moscow 'Better Prepared' Than NATO for Large-Scale War. the Swedish Defence Research Agency concluded after running simulations.
"Despite NATO's elevated military spending and its positioning of troops further eastward and closer to Russia, Russia still has the edge in the event of a major conflict, the Swedish Defence Research Agency concluded after running simulations. NATO has shortcomings in its preparedness: its member states don't practice enough, while its forces are geographically dispersed and have very different military capabilities. All this means that Russia has an edge in the event of a large-scale war in Sweden's immediate geopolitical neighbourhood, the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) has assessed in a report.
“If Russia attacked the Baltics at short notice, they have a pretty good prospect of succeeding with it,” Pallin noted. Despite NATO's elevated military spending and an increasingly advanced position near Russia, there has been no major change in the balance of power, according to the FOI. “In general, the picture is quite similar both in terms of both availability and quality of the forces. You have an advanced presence now that you didn't have back in 2014, which is gradually improving. And there are more fairly simple measures that can improve the odds for the Western side”, Pallin noted. However, NATO's strength doesn't need to increase further. Instead, the forces must be able to act faster against a number of different attack threats, the FOI assessed."
do you agree with the Swedish Defence Research Agency´s main conclusion ? and have to be done fist of all in order to keep Moscow imperial aggression in-checked ?