Comments by "Luredreier" (@Luredreier) on "Germany to host biggest NATO air excercises in history | DW News" video.

Well spoken. I don't think he knows much about Finlands capabilities given how he talked. And he was perhaps a little too generous towards Germany there compared to reality. However in this context he has to be accurately aware of the politics. And I appreciate Americans that's sensitive to that. Europe is complicated and at least trying to thread carefully is appreciated. And honestly, he didn't just try, he did really well. :-)
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@Jesus.Christ106 Yes and no. Finland has a bigger army then Germany. And yes, Finlands position makes Russias northern assets very vulnerable since there's essentially just a single road supplying them that could easily be cut off by special forces moving in from Finland. And I'm also sure that Russia is less then thrilled about NATO being so close to St Petersburg on the north side as well... Besides between Finland and Estonia NATO will know about any naval movement in and out of St Petersburg. Even more so once Sweden joins, whenever that will be...
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Honestly what Ukraine is showing is that a capable airforce can deny a enemy the airspace. It's not just about size. Chances are that Russia would be able to deny airspace from a majority of NATO air assets too. Even newer planes with stealth capabilities would be taking risks when flying over enemy airspace and would have to be accurately aware of where any given radar signals are coming from. Some F35s would be lost. Older fighters definitely would be.
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