Nov 2022 - FRA: “Europe is not sheltered anymore from missile and drone strikes. And we must integrate this reality,” Macron

The UK´s attack against the Nordstream had unintended consequences.

In mid September 2022 the USA has learned that UK mission could target Nordstream.

It vacated the Baltic sea and started to prefer own security over the security of its allies.  

The NATO nuclear umbrella has been broken.

If a NATO Rogue state attacks Russia 

then Russia could reserve a right to strike proportionally back. 

NATO has been overly vocal over unity and protecting every inch of its territory.
But is this the case? 

 

AFTER NORDSTREAM IS ATTACKED

1 Nov 2022 - Russia Considers Retaliation Against UK After Blaming Royal Navy For Nord Stream Blast

Russia said on Tuesday it was considering what “further steps” to take in connection with its allegation that Britain was responsible for an attack on the Nord Stream undersea gas pipelines.

Russia’s defense ministry said on Saturday that British navy personnel had blown up the Nord Stream pipelines in September, an assertion that London said was false and designed to distract from Russian military failures in Ukraine.

“There is evidence that Britain is involved in sabotage … a terrorist act against vital energy infrastructure,”Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

“Such actions cannot be put aside. Of course, we will think about further steps. It definitely cannot be left like this,” Peskov said.

October 2022 - CARRIER STRIKE GROUP 4 EXERCISE ENHANCES BEGINNING OF GERALD R. FORD INAUGURAL DEPLOYMENT WITH NATO ALLIES

NORFOLK, Va. -- The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group and ships from three North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries completed a three-week exercise orchestrated by Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 4 called Task Force Exercise (TFEX) 23-2 from Oct. 5 to 23.

 

DID RUSSIA RESERVE A RIGHT FOR RETALIATION STRIKE ON UK? 

 9 Nov 2022 - Macron unveils shift in military posture as war returns to Europe

“Europe is not sheltered anymore from missile and drone strikes. And we must integrate this reality,” Macron said, speaking on the Dixmude helicopter carrier, docked in the Mediterranean military base of Toulon which is home to more than 24,000 troops.

11 Nov 2022 - French, German, and Dutch military leaders visit U.S. navy’s newest aircraft carrier

Military leaders and government officials from France, Germany, and the Netherlands visited the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), during exercise Silent Wolverine, Nov. 11, 2022.

[MRT: GER, NED, FRA are shareholders of Nordstream] 

Rear Adm. Jean-Marin D’Hebrail, deputy commander, French Navy’s Atlantic Fleet Command, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, a chairperson of German Parliament, Gen. Eberhard Zorn, German Chief of Defence, Vice Adm. Rene Tas, head of the Royal Netherlands Navy, and other France, Germany, and the Netherlands military leaders arrived aboard the ship to observe everything that Ford has to offer to the future of Naval aviation.

This post needs a bit more work but more interesting findings are coming up

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