Comments by "" (@tomk3732) on "What is a ‘no fly' zone?" video.

  1. Why its a bad idea: 1. Russia is not really so far using its air-force a lot - we may see that change 2. There are not enough NATO bases to actually create such zone 3. All such bases would come under attack 4. It would take time to fill such bases not with just aircraft and support but air defense weapons 5. Russia has best AA defense on the planet thus we would see huge losses by NATO aircraft 6. It would certainly push Belarus into the war 7. risk of huge escalation without nukes is almost guaranteed - certainly whole central Europe would be on fire 8. it is almost certain we would see ground combat - so more troops would need to be flown 9 possibility of casualties in the 1000s or 10,000s even without use of nukes Need I mention that ground combat would eventually lead to possible nuclear escalation. It will be very, very hard to down step from it. Bottom line is this would not save lives - this would increase casualties by factor of 10x.
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  2. Why its a bad idea: 1. Russia is not really so far using its air-force a lot - we may see that change 2. There are not enough NATO bases to actually create such zone 3. All such bases would come under attack 4. It would take time to fill such bases not with just aircraft and support but air defense weapons 5. Russia has best AA defense on the planet thus we would see huge losses by NATO aircraft 6. It would certainly push Belarus into the war 7. risk of huge escalation without nukes is almost guaranteed - certainly whole central Europe would be on fire 8. it is almost certain we would see ground combat - so more troops would need to be flown 9 possibility of casualties in the 1000s or 10,000s even without use of nukes
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  3. Why its a bad idea: 1. Russia is not really so far using its air-force a lot - we may see that change 2. There are not enough NATO bases to actually create such zone 3. All such bases would come under attack 4. It would take time to fill such bases not with just aircraft and support but air defense weapons 5. Russia has best AA defense on the planet thus we would see huge losses by NATO aircraft 6. It would certainly push Belarus into the war 7. risk of huge escalation without nukes is almost guaranteed - certainly whole central Europe would be on fire 8. it is almost certain we would see ground combat - so more troops would need to be flown 9. possibility of casualties in the 1000s or 10,000s even without use of nukes
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  4. Maybe give them nukes while we are at it ;) Or even better, just to anger Putin we could nuke Berlin first - bet he is not expecting that move.
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  5.  @Somenite  LOL, not at all. This war will severely weaken Russia and it is unlikely they will be much of a help to China in just 5 years. Russia may side with China, sell it weapons etc. but unlikely to do much more. Even if they did they will be weak and unlikely to take any NATO country other then say the Baltics - which are kind of of low value. Now currently starting a war with Russia by NATO would severely damage NATO and the west to the point China would have already won. They can just firmly ask Taiwan to join & they surely would. One knows that Russian actual soil would be endangered and NATO military formations would be wiped out by tactical nukes - as is firmly part of their military doctrine. Even if this is kept at minimum and would not escalate NATO and central Europe and large parts of Ukraine / Russia would be smoldering piles of nuclear waste. The death tall may go beyond a million - at minimum.
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  6. @Anderson yes of course Russia cannot win conventional war. And yes nukes would be used fairly early on. After all, any no fly zone would require massive nato deployment. 11. Taiwan would fall. US could not invade Russia and fight China at the same time.
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