XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, sci.physics.relativity   
   From: ttt_heg@web.de   
      
   Am Mittwoch000008, 08.01.2025 um 05:33 schrieb Siri Cruise:   
   ...   
   >> In a way, the Crimean peninsula is an 'unsinkable carrier', while the   
   >> US-carriers are not.   
   >>   
   >> Therefore the Nato needs protection for them, while the Russians don't   
   >> need that many ships.   
   >   
   > Ramstein Air Base is another unsinkable aircraft carrier.   
   >   
   > Germany does have a Baltic navy which does sail in the Baltic.   
   >   
      
   You didn't understand, what I  tried to explain.   
      
   If you (Nato in this case) have troops in the eastern Ukraine, you need   
   to support them somehow.   
      
   To do this, you need some kind of base in that region, where supply   
   could land.   
      
   You could supply your bases by land, air or sea.   
      
   The option 'sea' is hindered by the Russian control over the black sea   
   (caused by Russian batteries on the Crimean peninsula).   
      
   To balance these batteries the Nato would need ships, unless they want   
   to drive them over land to the front.   
      
   Flight is also a possibility, but rather dangerous, because Russians   
   have state of the art air defense.   
      
   In effect, you need to bring troops, armor and supply by land transport   
   from e.g. Poland, Germany or Romania.   
      
   The Baltic states are much closer, but difficult to support, because   
   they are tiny states, directly at the doorsteps of Russia.   
      
   In the end, Nato can only come upon land and had to bring support   
   through travels over the vast plains in the Ukraine.   
      
   The is exactly what the Nazis had tried - and lost.   
      
      
   TH   
      
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