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Taking care of your health just got easier. Spend less time searching and head to https://zocdoc.com/fern to book your next appointment (ad) Join our newsletter: https://roots.watchfern.com/ What would happen if Russia attacked NATO? Drawing on military wargames, NATO assessments and expert analyses, we play out a hypothetical scenario based on a very real threat: a Russian invasion of the Baltics. How would NATO respond, and why would so much depend on Germany? Special thanks to Ben Hodges, retired Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe, for the interview. Thank you Dr. Florian Keisinger (ZDS), Lukas Iffländer (ProBahn), retired Generalleutnant Alfons Mais and Jannik Hartmann (NATO Defence College) for sharing their valuable insights and expertise. Corrections: 00:01 The US intelligence reports describe a possible limited test of NATO in the coming years, from a cyberattack to a small incursion. A land incursion is rated unlikely. The Baltic invasion scenario is based on separate sources. 00:26 Canada should also have been marked on the map as a NATO member. 02:00 The RAND wargames we cite date from 2014–15 and don't reflect Russia's losses in Ukraine or NATO's current presence in the Baltics. 02:50 Building an invasion force while fighting in Ukraine would likely take months and be visible to NATO, giving it time to reinforce. 04:43 The US Army also keeps prepositioned equipment in Europe (APS-2), so reinforcement would be faster than shown. 05:25 Many of Russia's 64 submarines protect its nuclear deterrent. Only a fraction are modern attack submarines, and not all are available at once. 07:30 Kosovo is an independent country, not part of Serbia as wrongly shown in our map. 08:25 “Sukhoi” is the English spelling of the manufacturer, we used the German one “Suchoi”. 14:10 NATO would likely strike Russian supply lines, airfields and Kaliningrad early on, which the scenario doesn't show. Thanks to Ryan McBeth for his feedback. Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OEgPOw6FQfb-kBEQ7syFgCL4y9Ro7WpNaEOObJ0Ob0o/edit?usp=sharing Music list: Artlist: Max H - Fear Roy Nassee - Swift Kyle Preston - Confrontation Adam Dib - It Comes at Night Max H - Assault Max H - Arena Jeremy Chontow - Sacred Earths Jimmy Svensson - Bad Connection Kyle Preston - Echelon BAER - Seasons Lens Distortions: Determination Riptide From the Shadows _____ Armchair documentaries, almost weekly