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[–] mkwt@lemmy.world -5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (15 children)
  1. Even with nuclear annihilation, NATO could still get to Moscow in a three day operation. It's just a question of which cities back home are still standing.

  2. Moscow is not the big prize you might think it is. Russia can just retreat hundreds of kilometers further east and carry on.

  3. NATO can do the thunder run, but they are not equipped to win a massive land war in Asia. You really gotta listen to the Sicilian from Princess Bride on this one.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 20 points 6 days ago (8 children)

Russia can just retreat hundreds of kilometers further east and carry on.

Into what, a wasteland full of snow and bears? Russia might be massive, but it works like Canada. Everybody is huddled into very specific regions for a reason.

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world -4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

I'm just repeating what happened or what the plan was the last couple of go arounds, with Napoleon and Hitler.

Napoleon did occupy Moscow, but it didn't help him very much.

Hitler was turned back just short of Moscow, but the Russian government had all sorts of continuity plans that involved moving further east. Entire factories were uprooted and shipped into the Urals.

[–] lostinfog@reddthat.com 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Entire factories were uprooted and shipped into the Urals.

Try doing that now

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