NATO's Rapid Response Force Problems

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Starting in 2002 the NATO Response Force began to be organized. It's gone through several different phases in its lifetime since then. It's fluctuated in size by a lot over the years. It's even changed its purpose frequently from a security force to a ground warfare asset. In this video we analyze the history and purpose of NATO's quick reaction force and look at whether or not it should be disbanded.
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[@winnie796]

NATO had the ACE Mobile Force (AMF) during the Cold War. It was a brigade size unit made up of all the members of NATO. It was a light and rapid deployment force that trained a lot together, with at least three major joint exercises per year in different regions of Europe. It could be mobilised in days, not months. You were absolutely right about the need for all the NATO countries to have "some skin in the game". That is what it is ALL about. Any NATO country being threatened by Russia could call on the AMF to be sent to their country. AMF would be deployed ahead of the host nation's forces, meaning Russia would have to fight them first before assaulting the host nation. Those of us who served on this unit were openly informed that we were cannon fodder. IF Russia was dumb enough to attack, the killing of so many NATO member's soldiers would encourage every NATO nation to honour their pledge to come to the aid of the other members.

[@AndrewSmith-ug8tz]

You beat me to it! Totally correct! My regiment was part of ACE MF constantly either, on standby or exercise!

[@Claymann71]

Watchmen.

[@HingerlAlois]

The air component of ACE MF was used in 1991 to strengthen the defense of Turkey in the case of an Iraqi attack. 18 German Alpha Jets, 18 Belgian Mirage and 6 Italian F-104 were sent to Turkey. Additionally Germany also sent Roland and HAWK SAMs to Turkey.

[@jessefisher1809]

I've heard that before... that the main purpose of these forces is to die.

[@UlookinMe]

Yup, a trip wire force. 173rd and 2CR are openly such.

[@virtual-viking]

Back when I was a soldier in the mid nineties, I was in the "Danish International Brigade". AFAIR, this brigade was under the 1st British Armoured Division. The Cold War doctrine being that Denmark would be flooded by Warsaw Pact (specifically Polish) landing craft, and we'd try to hold out just long enough for the British to arrive. By then we'd just melt seemly into British command structure. Every overseas Nato operation since then, Danish units have been deployed alongside the British. Probably a relic of the Cold War command structure.

[@wessexdruid7598]

I remember our Danish LO always wearing a horned Viking helmet, when we went on exercise. Always enjoyed working with the Danes.

[@anthonybanderas9930]

Have you heard what the supposed Soviet doctrine was? Tactical nukes, tactical nukes everywhere and then roll in with tanks. That's why the soviet armour always have autoloader. It was deemed that the loader would be the first one to be incapacitated from the fallout so the autoloader was used in order to prolong the fighting capacity of the unit.

[@virtual-viking]

@@anthonybanderas9930 I have heard about the Soviet doctrine only after the Cold War. I believed at the time (based on the conventional numerical superiority) that the Soviets were betting on Nato not activating its _first use doctrine_ against a conventional only invasion. Surely, a Soviet first use scenario would immediately trigger the all out strategic Nato response. Only an insane person would have the Soviet doctrine as their plan A. But I suppose Communism is a form of insanity.

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[@romak4756]

There their they're.

[@texaswunderkind]

Better to struggle with problems that need to be ironed out now than have them hinder the force in an actual shooting war. With that said, I'm shocked a defensive alliance with 30 countries and dozens of different languages can get anything done at all.

[@TigerBaron]

Unfortunately the ironing out needed to happen back in 1945, the struggle since then will only continue until the hungry bear of the East is either satiated with it's lust for world domination or destroyed.

[@雷-t3j]

@@TigerBaron Russia is not the hungry bear of the East. It's a dying old European colonial power that expanded over land instead of over seas, and has never got the message that imperialism is not okay anymore. It's in the eastern part of Europe, but it is not part of the East.

[@XIXCentury]

@@雷-t3j crazy how both of you are wrong

[@Tom_Cruise_Missile]

​@@雷-t3j1. Russia is a hungry bear. It's a mad, starving, dying old animal with just enough bite left to maul anyone unfortunate enough to be near it as it dies. 2. Russia is Russia. It's not "eastern" or "western." Neither of those words have any objective meaning.

[@greggstrasser5791]

@@TigerBaron The Rothschild Machine is the only entity that wants to rule the world.

[@N8844H]

The Rapid Response troops may have their issues, but 2014 Crimea was not any kind of test for NATO or its capabilities: Ukraine wasn't, and isn't, a NATO member. No Article 5's in sight.

[@alexa9771]

exactly, that would have led to a nuclear war against Russia

[@jeremywerner9489]

And even with Russia giving some advance warning that they were going to make high-profile movements eventually, I don't think most people expected Russia to just straight up land-snatch Crimea like that.

[@mylex817]

I was wondering what he meant as well, should they have sat in Poland yelling insults eastwards, or should they have invaded Ukraine, a foreign country that was undergoing a revolution, without political mandate?

[@johnhudghton2287]

Quite clearly we SHOULD have made Ukraine a member of NATO as it would have been a deterrant to the Russian action.

[@MadMaxJuggernaut]

@@alexa9771 maybe it wouldn't lead to nuclear war, maybe the one person that has to turn the key will say "shit my gov't is dumb I don't want the world to end" and that's it. Remember when the USSR detected a rocket going straight to their country but one guy decided not to shoot nukes back to the states?

[@bogdonovichbustedcasey170]

Very informative. However, I think someone who just clicked on this video might miss some of the entire context. This is *nato's* QRF. The U.S. absolutely has RRF that are ready to go. The 18th Airborne Corps can put a brigade anywhere in the world within 18 hours. A Ranger Batt is always within 18 hours of being anywhere in the world. There are Marine combat teams floating in both the Atlantic and the Pacific who can be there sooner. The British probably have equivalent capabilities. The unit described in the video is just good practice and cohesion building for the Nato B team.

[@RomanHistoryFan476AD]

Nope the United States No longer has any heavy armoured brigades ready to go anymore, The US DOD told the Senate that the US is not in a position to quickly transports to Europe.

[@kerbalairforce8802]

The US has maintained units in Europe since WW2, you don't *need* to transport them from CONUS, but if you do, we have enough C-5s to move an earthshattering number of tanks

[@RomanHistoryFan476AD]

@@kerbalairforce8802 No most of the units in Europe are no longer there, they have been moved state sized or no longer exist due to post cold war scale downs of the military. The US has very few armoured forces left in Europe, not at the scale needed to stop a dedicated Russian attack.

[@RobFomenko]

My understanding is a US has prepositioned forces in Europe and those were some that we brought out of storage to send to Estonia and Poland. As a former 82nd infantry man, I know that we used to go on alert and be the rapid-ready brigade for deployment anywhere in the world. In 1978 I believe I was on alert for Africa. Remembered sitting on green ramp at Pope Air Force Base. Ready to go to see 141s or right there, then they took off and went to Africa and picked up the French foreign legion and dropped them instead. Post Vietnam, Jimmy Carter did not want to get involved. At the time I was pretty upset but I understand his thinking now as I'm older. Still it's not enough to counter something like Russia, but then we would never do it alone. That's what NATO is for.

[@ThePRCommander]

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[@januszkurahenowski2860]

Would you consider making a video on the Polish military as you did for Lithuania? Poland is one of the biggest US allies in the central/eastern Europe and I'd like to hear your opinion on the collaboration and how is it working out

[@Joe_Friday]

I'd really like to see a video like this too.

[@u2beuser714]

What would happen if france leaves nato? (Yes, if le pen wins she gonna make france leave nato)

[@o0GrayMatters0o]

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[@o0GrayMatters0o]

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[@vodo768]

Plus, It would be nice!

[@dracn7785]

The NRF - specifically the VJTF - has been a driver for the development of the units that are in charge and a driver for the interoperability of different nations.

[@elektrotehnik94]

Was it actually effective in that role?

[@theewatchfuleyeseesyou]

I mean, it seem kind of obvious that no, the Response Force shouldn't be disbanded but worked on until improven. It plays a fundamental role in being a place where NATO can develop better organization structures and tactics to be able to coordinate the forces of the different nations it's made of even at the level of the more complicated and more modern operations and equipments.

[@sir_vix]

Agreed. The Rapid Response Force having problems in peace time is a great way to understand complex operational requirements and develop the solutions to address them.

[@Paul_Sleeping]

After watching this video, I think NATO should be disbanded. No country wants to be involved in a war. Until NATO is willing to send its troops into harm's way, where soldiers will die, and a messy protracted battle is projected, no amount of training and logistical preparation will matter. Russia: "Nukes" US (the most robust economy and advanced military globally): "Understood. We’ll standby." One simple yet powerful word, and it’s back to diplomacy. If we're using only diplomacy, there is simply no reason for this organization's existence. All bark and no teeth.

[@theewatchfuleyeseesyou]

​@@Paul_Sleeping Your argument is basically that no country should have a military because diplomacy is a better option when you deconstruct it. Completely ignoring that the strength of a military plays a fundamental role in diplomacy. Any diplomatic relations during the Cold War were only made possible because NATO was there and it was there strong enough to bring the USSR to the table. Not to speak of the fact that the threat of NATO being able to bring Russia to the table from the fear of nukes like you said, exists only because NATO covers all of its members with its nuclear umbrella policy which includes countries that otherwise wouldn't have any way to respond to the nuclear threats Russia makes almost daily for any single reason. Besides diplomacy fails, a LOT, not having a defensive plan is incredibly irresponsible to a county's citizens when untrustworthy countries like Russia, North Korea or the Taliban's Afghanistan exist. It's a naive concept that failed numerous times. The "Until NATO is willing to send its troops into harm's way where soldiers will die, and a messy protracted battle is the outlook, no amount of training and logistical preparation will work." is not only a flawed argument, since a mess protracted battle is exactly the scenario where training and logistics make the real difference, but also a bad faith one. You are constructing it as if forgetting that in that case NATO is actively protecting its own soil, it's not simply "sending soldiers to die", it's responding to an aggression. Or are you saying that countries should not defend themselves? But the most important point is that this video doesn't even remotely touch on the subject of disbanding NATO. AT ALL. Not for a second. It talks about a specific piece of NATO's capabilities that exists to enhance the alliance's efficiency in either limited scale conflicts, its organization at all levels or in full scale warfare. At no point, the video questions the need for the alliance, because that's a delusional idea, especially today. Which is such a fundamental point to have misinterpreted that you either have not understood what the video is about or what its contents are, are lying about having seen the video or simply arguing in bad faith about something that is irrelevant to the discussion at hand.

[@steamkocheaterreport]

It should be disbanded just like nato itself. Stating that its "defensive alliance" is very misleading since where ever nato goes it creates destruction and suffering of unprecedented scale

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[@wiscodisco1]

Very good Cappie. I realize you kinda played NATO’s weak-knee’d response to the Crimea invasion for laughs, but I think it bears repeating that Ukraine is not a NATO member and not entitled to NATO protection. Extending that protection over a country is incredibly provocative and would play in to Putin’s claims that NATO expansion threatens Russian security. Just my 2¢.

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[@thomaszhang3101]

Following the pivot to Asia, might as well disband NATO in favor of forming the Pacific Ocean Tactical Alliance Treaty Organization POTATO

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[@stinkymccheese8010]

Maybe just expand it to include keeping China in check.

[@u2beuser714]

Doubt that nato gives a shit about china , russia is literally at their doorstep. China is busy with india and taiwan and australia..and japan

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[@angrydoggy9170]

One really interesting result of this unit is that nato troops have the opportunity to learn from each other and get to know how every army operates. Knowing your enemy is really important, but knowing your allies is equally important.

[@8bitorgy]

Which is one of the reasons in doesn't work. Either the country a NATO soldier is from is either so weak that it doesn't matter if they share tactics, or that country will keep those secrets to themselves, thus weakening nato's capabilities.

[@angrydoggy9170]

@@8bitorgy The inherent quality of soldiers and their tactical training has got nothing to do with the overall power of their military. If anything, the best individual soldiers serve in the weakest overall armies. Furthermore it’s not just about sharing information but about learning how to work together and use every available qualities.

[@8bitorgy]

@@angrydoggy9170 Your argument for the existence of such a force is rational, which is why it exists in the first place. But the reality of war is that strong nations don't share the most important strategies even with allies and their most trusted elite soldiers. Eventually this international task force becomes more of an exercise in dishonesty. The only nations that take it seriously are the weakest countries of overall strength. And then THOSE countries will be paralyzed in face of a real war. This whole thing is a lesson that cynicism is what war is, not high minded ideals.

[@polymorphesquirrel]

WTF you are talking about? First, the fact that countries have their military secrets, as they should, being allies rather than a federation, has next to zero bearing on joint training and deployments. USA will happily train practically anyone's soldiers with the foresight of a mole, it's not like the way they train is truly secret except for maybe most minute details. Spec Ops vets in every country make careers providing training. Second, after 9/11 three countries altogether deployed to Iraq, including the most powerful member, the USA, and one of the weakest that time, Poland. How do you imagine 'hiding your tactical secrets' (as the strategy is the wrong word) during a war among cooperating units. It makes as much sense both in purpose, motivation and feasibility, as the Britts hiding important secrets from the americans during WWII. Third, the purpose of joint operations is not sharing absolutely everything you know, it's to excercise cooperation, to not make the coordination and communication the weak link. Fourth, it's a small rapid response force with a very specific goal, it's hardly giving away the details of where your nuclear submarines are at the given moment. Arguably, you'll want everything as public as possible to send the clear message. That's also why most nuclear powers have very clear nuclear doctrine, the key is deterrence and avoiding catastrophes due to one player reading another wrong.

[@alexandermoschos7824]

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[@phillm156]

Rapid response force is a good idea but it should also be supplemented with an offensively capable drone force with air to air and air to ground missiles. Nothing says stand down like a hellfire and Amraam.

[@saddlepiggy]

I think they have that, though not with drones. He mentioned not having enough helicopters and fighter jets at one point.

[@phillm156]

@@saddlepiggy that's a shame. I think drones with half this size of an A10 and stealthy (radar) with a 4-8 missile load(air to ground) and )air to air) with an effective range of 10-20 miles can be a major defensive anchor.

[@mjk9388]

@@phillm156 I 100% agree.

[@saddlepiggy]

@@phillm156 Yeah I have no doubt everyone will be using drones soon in some capacity. They're just not accepted yet. I've seen many comparisons to tanks and machine guns in WW1/Interwar period.

[@MexiboyKevin]

I was a part of the Danish NRF contribution in 2015. Definitely not perfect and preparation could be better but we were certified following several exercises and where ready should we be called upon. (IFV company with the CV9035)

[@prime-rib]

It's a joke, that's what it is. A "rapid deployment force" that requires agreement from all member countries in order to deploy, is not a rapid deployment force.

[@TonyCox1351]

True, but the forces themselves are still mostly controlled by a select few countries. So even if there’s no agreement on the “NATO force”, theoretically the US UK & France could decide unilaterally that they are going to send their respective forces, which make up 90% of the capability of the rapid deployment force anyway

[@prime-rib]

@@TonyCox1351 I agree with you regarding the US - UK relationship. We generally get along. France has really only been a "provisional" NATO member, reserving the right to do their own thing and thus, cannot be relied upon. I'm not criticizing their soldiers, rather, their political leadership is flaky at best when it comes to the alliance.

[@TonyCox1351]

​@@prime-rib Agreed, but if things truly escalated to a hot war between US/UK forces and Russia's, then we are only a hairs breadth away from nuclear winter, in which case France would be one of Russia's very first targets, so they have major skin in the game whether they want to or not

[@andresmartinezramos7513]

@@prime-rib >reserving the right to do their own thing >cannot be relied upon >their political leadership is flaky at best oh the irony

[@adrien5834]

@@prime-rib But France did go to Afghanistan when the US triggered article 5 (first time it was ever done). Deployed their carrier and provided air support and everything. Is this flaky? By this metric, the US are the only NATO member not to be called upon to fulfill their treaty obligations. Not saying that they wouldn't, but still.

[@davefs25]

Very nice vids man. I know more than anyone in my circle about the war thanks to you. Wish you much success.

[@benchapman197]

Just to echo other comments, the Lithuanian video was really interesting to learn about their capabilities and deficiencies, how that fits into their broader national defense policy and then how they fit into NATO. Other videos on other alliance members would be really interesting and insightful.

[@liamr194]

They're bound by their subsequent agreements with Russia NOT to have more than a specific number of brigades permanently stationed on Eastern European territory. The Response Force was a direct response (ironically) to that. The US, UK, France and Italy all rotate units every 3-6months on those territories. When you look through the native armed forces of Lithuania, Latvia, Romania and Poland (those are the four countries of NATO most at threat) it's pretty threadbare. Only Poland has a permanent Patriot missile too. Poland's armed forces could probably put up a hell of a fight but, given Russia pretty much threw security arrangements in the bin, NATO is very probably looking at permanent forces. Given Germany, Turkey and France are basically hiding from Putin though (because of their oil and gas dependence) I'm sure they'd veto it. Let's be honest though, given the situation in Ukraine Russia is probably unable to fight a multi-front war. That's why the US WANTS Russia bogged-down but not defeated in Ukraine.

[@liamr194]

@Tin Watchman exactly that (in my opinion). There's a lot of brinkmanship involved. Peter Zeihan talks a lot of sense on these issues if you haven't already check him out. A Putin / Russia being embarrassed by NATO supplies planes and tanks is far more dangerous - not only to Ukraine but to the other territories under his gaze - than a Putin bogged down but ultimately gaining ground (slowly) in Ukraine. It's pretty much containment by US and UK and appeasement by Germany, France and Italy. What happens after Ukraine is probably the REAL conflict from a strategic perspective. Zeihan sees Poland as the next logical step and would Russian forces, being this inept, take on Poland? Almost certainly not! Personally I think Finland would almost certainly be next, so they need to wrap up NATO membership rapidly. There's a belief that NATO incursion is causing this but I agree with Zeihan - Russia is going down swinging and only the US (and NATO) can contain them

[@Romulu5]

Romania has Patriot also. Himars etc. They want to improve the army, God knows we need it.

[@liamr194]

@@Romulu5 If I was Romanian I'd be keeping a very close eye on Russia's progress in the South.of Ukraine. If they achieve a major breakthrough, I think they will start demanding Romanian territory. Almost certainly partial occupation of Moldova to strengthen their garrison. I have absolutely no clue how committed the US is to Article 5 but, if you believe Zeihan, not very.

[@Romulu5]

@@liamr194 putin can suck it. We will be as welcoming as the ukranians. But i don t think russia has the resources to go beyond Ukraine. Edit: there s a major US/NATO base at the black sea, and there are a lot of birds over Ro. We must improve our army. There are several programs underway.

[@elektrotehnik94]

@@liamr194 Ok enough cocaine for you today ^^ Yes, Russia will be like "and you get an invasion, and you get an invasion, and... " We see how it plays out before our eyes, as we speak. Laughable, in every way, other than the lives lost.

[@hansonlee5847]

As a moderate liberal, I like Cappy's videos. He definitely gives me more appreciation for the military and their geopolitical implications

[@u2beuser714]

As a Reactionary conservative i also like chris objective takes on situations he aint biased. Respect+

[@Gr13fM4ch1n3]

Hey man. I lean more conservative, but I appreciate your open-mindedness. Cappy is very good at relaying information as it is. We need both liberals and conservatives to make this country liveable, so reaching common ground is extremely important.

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Yeah I'm liberal myself, even though I think most other liberals are insufferable. But I love military news and most things military in general so yeah. It's not just conservatives that are into guns, military and geopolitics for sure.

[@TonyCox1351]

Liberal gun owner here. Not only do I appreciate Cappy’s videos but I find that the analysis in the comment’s section is much more nuanced than the typical “West is bad!” you find under every other KZbin video

[@hansonlee5847]

@@Gr13fM4ch1n3 Thanks. Yeah, the more I learn more about eco/geo-politics, the more I realized that I should stay away from "analysts" who have a clear agenda (left or right). Anyone can have an opinion, but a real intellectual like Cappy takes the time to look at every angle of the situation (still love his takes on the Ukraine and Israel conflicts)

[@Eikoholika1]

Sorry, but I think you mixed up two things there. Natos speerhead is the vjtf, a brigade sized unit Designed to quickly move to the eastern flanke If needed. the battelgroups you Just cited are called the efp (enhanced Forward presence) often refered to as Natos speedbumb.

[@MothaLuva]

Also known as speeddumb.

[@julesb6816]

The new security situation in Eastern Europe calls for a large permanent NATO force on NATO's eastern flank. It should be able to defend against a potential invasion without having to wait a month for potential reinforcement. This is what we did during the cold war. NATO seems to be rethinking its strategy and moving in that direction. The NRF still have its place as an expeditionary force outside of NATO territory.

[@houseplant1016]

I don't think Russia would be happy with that

[@matthewgibbs6886]

they wont pay for it just like the last 60 years

[@bluemarlin8138]

@Het Bol That’s the point.

[@hypegamer2362]

@@houseplant1016 Rushists are unhappy that they won't be able to annex more neighbouring countries boohoo. Personally I wouldn't mind if ruSSia was wiped from the map. It has always been like a rabid dog.

[@andreasbimba6519]

Yes, my thoughts as well. Russia has lost the 'implied right' to invade its neighbours that arises from the inadequate defences in NATO's eastern member states. NATO members have no intention or even the capability to invade Russia in the nuclear weapons era.

[@taspeteris]

When the war broke out in Ukraine, the Latvian goverment issued a guide that said that we would need to pack three days worth of supples (food, water etc.) in case a war broke out in Latvia, most of us assume the 3 days are so that the bulk of NATO can deploy. So thank you and your channel for making us feel unsafe! xD

[@Piss-Poor-Infantry]

Only 3 days? I'd have 3 months of supplies at least if I was in Eastern Europe right now..

[@kerbalairforce8802]

3 days is enough to keep you alive while you walk West away from Russia while NATO/UN hold committees about what to do.

[@kerbalairforce8802]

So buy some good shoes

[@cedriceric9730]

Take your gloves off attack first !!

[@stinkymccheese8010]

Like any military force it capabilities should be regularly reviewed and updated to meet the needs that NATO sets before it.

[@WjB_96792]

@taskandpurpose Congrats on your new digs chris, love all of your videos! If i may offer just a small critique... i noticed you used some background music towards the end of this one. Sounded like some santana-esque stuff. Music distracts me from what youre saying and i wonder if its that way for others. If u need/ want some sort of soundstage or background try something much more ambient. Also maybe play with the sliders a bit so that it fills the outer periphery of both channels rather than center channel or mono. Aloha and again mad props to you! Task and purpose is by far my favorite you tube channel!

[@justsayen2024]

When I was in the Army in Germany it was the 80s and it was all about readiness and how fast you can get to your assigned area and setup. Later on our company's had to form a platoon of a reactionary Force. We were engineers so let's just called it a pseudo reactionary Force,,but it was better than nothing.

[@arozi1391]

Congrats on your new sponsor, your move, and studio developments. Much deserved.

[@darthdanni8071]

I'm just wondering why the UN hasn't started a "Special Peacekeeping Operation" in Ukraine.

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[@The105ODST]

@Russian Waifu You literally have a Russian waifu as your profile pic and your name so you shouldn't say anything. You are actually cringe and soypilled. Thanks to you everyone who you interact with is going to have their testosterone levels drop to your level.

[@penhullwolf5070]

Would you consider avoiding starting world war 3 and the resultant nuclear holocaust a valid reason?

[@Rosteg2406]

@@penhullwolf5070 Then we’re playong by the rules, dicatated to us by the terrorists. What’s the point of the whole unity of nations if they don’t do they things they swore to do?

[@pogo1140]

@@penhullwolf5070 So every time Russia attacks a country NATO's reaction should be to run and hide because a direct confrontation would be a nuclear exchange? Why not just give up now and just disband your armies entirely, and turn over the keys to your government to Putin.

[@richwalter3107]

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[@beck4218]

Only Russia and China think so. Long live NATO.

[@stevenx399]

Both of which are the only countries standing in the way of WEF

[@stevenx399]

@@Reticulosis Name a single defensive war fought by NATO.

[@stevenx399]

@@Reticulosis ❗️ China says demand for Russian goods in China is growing sharply, China is ready to guarantee uninterrupted supplies of Russian products to its market in priority mode. The Chinese ambassador also announced: "I would like to note that the embassy is ready to provide all kinds of assistance to Russian entrepreneurs, our partners - in establishing contacts and cooperation with Chinese businesses/entrepreneurs, as well as with Chinese regions and with any interested organizations,"

[@rgygduysdgyuygsduysd]

down with NATO-North Atlantic Terrorist Organization

[@dkearney5951]

Congrats on new set up. keep up the hard work.

[@joaopnmarques]

You should do a video explaining how the Ukrainians use drones to correct artillery fire. The mechanics of it

[@bryanst.martin7134]

But then the Russians would learn how! ;-)

[@AlfaGiuliaQV]

You wouldn´t want to serve the ruZzians that intel on a youtube plate.

[@bobthebuilder1360]

He's talked about it before

[@kerbalairforce8802]

You do it the same way you would with binoculars, but remotely.

[@AlfaGiuliaQV]

@@BocaoZ ruZzians!

[@joejones3885]

Congratulations on the new place 👏very nice 👍..I am so excited to see 👀your amazing dog 🐕made it in the video thank you for your amazing work!!!

[@alksuboy9889]

can you talk about the finnish defense forces and can they stand against Russia?

[@Reticulosis]

At this point just about any countries army can stand up to the ruskies, the vdv is the laughing stock of airborne troops, russian tanks are death traps

[@TonyCox1351]

Not trying to be Cappy because I dont have 1% of his tactical knowledge, but I think at this point its abundantly clear that pretty much any modern military can defend their home turf against Russian forces, unless Russia wants to go scorched earth.

[@crownprincesebastianjohano7069]

The Finnish Army is extremely well trained and equipped. While not disparaging the amazing courage and capability of the Ukrainian Army, Finland should be a much harder nut to crack. Not only because of their much larger army and more modern weaponry, but the terrain is much more difficult for the Russians to attack over. The Finnish Air Force is also well equipped and able to contest their air space. Moreover, Finland has a defensive military pact with Sweden. Adding the Swedish Air Force and navy to the balance would really make things very difficult for the Russians.

[@TK-ev]

@@TonyCox1351 that is false. There is a massive difference between settling a hostile dispute with neighbors/relatives and going all out against true enemies.

[@Vlad_au]

It would depend on how hard Russia would potentially like to go on them, for instance carpet bombing, nukes, “weather weapons” (I believe it’s called Poseidon) so it depends. Nevertheless I hope Fins won’t make a mistake that Ukrainian did with their striving for NATO written in the constitution 🤦‍♂️

[@chrismason6857]

Simply brilliant. So happy for your success. British veteran.

[@Jdjsksjdhdj]

i wonder how many people have served in the British military in the past 20 years. thats alot of potential people to call to arms pretty quick. in the us we have big factory "cities" that are sitting kinda dormmate with skeleton crews just waiting for production to ramp up.

[@RomanHistoryFan476AD]

After how they have been treated by the government after leaving I doubt many will return.

[@Jdjsksjdhdj]

@@RomanHistoryFan476AD for ww3 i dont think they will care to much to be honest...

[@canobenitez]

which cities?

[@Jdjsksjdhdj]

@@canobenitez have you ever heard of a place called thical I don't remember how to spell it.

[@RomanHistoryFan476AD]

@@Jdjsksjdhdj Why would they come back though, WW3 or not if Britain itself is not under invasion threat I doubt they are going back to join a service will treated them like trash.

[@peterparsons7141]

Your vids come across as really slick professional productions, good content, entertaining and interesting content. I had no idea that you do, editing etc. In a small office. Congratulations and Compliments and keep on making good video. Best wishes for continued success.

[@hawkshadowoseanacy5171]

heya T&P, you might want to check your local driving laws. Every place I've lived listening to earphones/buds while driving is not legal. Supposedly it blocks a driver's ability to hear safety communications like horns which can help prevent accidents and makes hearing sirens more difficult. If you've already checked, great, do you. But if I can help you avoid some hassle, or worse, I thought I would try to let you know.

[@itsreallyjustmehere611]

it's illegal here but I see people do it all the time. no idea how they don't get pulled over, because they definitely would have back when I learned how to drive

[@john.rc.3274]

Many states require "hands free" cell phone use. In NY it's appears to be ok to have one earbud (perhaps not two) while driving. In NJ it seems that you can drive using earbuds legally while driving. Federalism, different Strokes for different States.

[@nathanfay1988]

Looking forward to the NGSW video!

[@nicholasogburn7746]

Drone swarms seem to be the future. Per-cost, cheap drones seem to be able to fight VERY cost-effectively, even against advanced AA (which is tailored to much, much more expensive threats). Asymmetric spending, force concentration overkill in AA systems, easy overwhelm. They can shoot down 10 F15s, but likely will be taken out by 120 drones…possibly based on simply running outta missiles! Heck, some AA ordnance costs more than the drones they may target!

[@charchadonto]

Don't need missiles though to take out drones, autocannons can do the job just fine, the only problem is detection of the drones in time due to the smaller profile.

[@BASE5NYC]

Congratulations on the studio…. My condolences on Jersey. 🤙🏼

[@rtqii]

Russian tank inventories have very recently been reassessed independently using satellite image grading/counts. Fully one half of the 12,000 tanks inventoried by NATO a decade ago have degraded into rusting hulks without turrets. Russians only have 6000 tanks with turrets mounted, and half of those are in very poor condition. 3000 tanks would require complete overhauls to become combat ready. Of the other half (3000 tanks) that are in reasonable condition, most of them would require upgrades: optics, fire control, ERA; before they could be used outside Russia. Many of the upgrade components are made in the west and are sanctioned. Summary on KZbin: How Many Tanks Does Russia Really Have? And Where Are They? 👁 Russia's only tank manufacturer, Uralvagonzavod, has stopped production, and upgrades, of armor due to lack of western components that are sanctioned. They are currently repairing tanks recovered from Ukraine.

[@Dimitriterrorman]

There is no way satellite images from deep inside Russia were taken, not only does Russia cover their weapons, they also have many reasons to make the west think they are weaker than they are. Also claiming that independently all of Russia's tanks have been found and with good enough quality to see their condition is absurd to say the least

[@marnixbrugmans4181]

@@Dimitriterrorman why would they want to look weaker? Haven't really heard any country that wanted to look less capable than they actually are...

[@Orionssj4]

@@marnixbrugmans4181 Ever heard of military deception? US is likely doing the same regarding some area, same with China.

[@marnixbrugmans4181]

@@Orionssj4 I have. Generally it means keeping the exact capabilities of your latest and greatest stuff secret (T14 and SU57 for instance) secret. The tactic of "let's pretend I'm weaker than I really am" isn't really in the strategic manuals

[@ptonpc]

@@Dimitriterrorman Joined Jan 23, 2022. So most likely a bot or troll. Still here goes. Satellites are in sppppaaaaccccceeee. Above the ground. They go over land and water. They can take 'photos' in lots of wavelengths including visual, thermal and radio. There are freely available pictures of the tank parks over the years that show the majority of them are stored outside and are not covered up.

[@mybedissoft]

It’s always a better day when I get to watch one of Cappy’s videos, keep being you brotha.

[@TheB1nary]

The NRF has already been deployed. I know British soldiers in Eastern Europe who are part of it. Very effective small holding force that is mobile and allows reactionary deployments.

[@jonasbjallfalk9705]

I really like how well researched all the material is as well as presented in a narration (rather than just commenting over videos). Not that you’re not a prime specimen of homo sapiens well worth watching, but I really appreciate that I can have you in my headphones at work only listening and still get the full story.

[@kim-jong-poon]

Pretty sure the rest of NATO just considers the 82nd airborne their rapid response force.

[@JoJo-ps4ml]

100%, We were known as the "oh my god the shit just hit fan 911 unit" while the rest of NATO was chillin with their French bread, wine and cheese. Cheap bastards.

[@briank8697]

this channel is going to blow up to a million

[@kameronjones7139]

Cap can you please do an update video on the USA next gen squad weapon? The usa just awarded a contract to sig

[@wesselpoldervaart4658]

The most important thing about this force I think is as you said: "Having skin in the game" countries can't allow themselves to think that this is "just some far away conflict" anymore, it will immediately concern them as their troops are on the line.

[@busterbeagle2167]

Pretty sure it’s illegal to drive with earbuds in

[@Taskandpurpose]

I only had one in to follow the rule of law

[@busterbeagle2167]

@@Taskandpurpose that’s what’s was so shocking. Lol. Thanks for the correction And thanks for serving

[@keithfrancis6674]

Don’t stop just the program I was looking for.

[@chrisspencer6502]

I love the disband nato argument it's as stupid at defunding the police debate and as nuanced and clever at times.

[@cedriceric9730]

Turkey attacks members , Germany has marriage with russia France doesn't believe in it NATO has been severely undermined

[@therealVOR]

Great content my Goodman.

[@chuckschillingvideos]

Based on the supremely poor performance of the Russcoms in the Ukraine, I'd argue we have nothing to fear in that regard. And China has zero ability to project force outside of the Pacific, so the capabilities of the NATO NRF seem to be of rather hypothetical importance as I'm concerned.

[@splooie02]

russia is not a communist state (much to my chagrin)

[@chuckschillingvideos]

@@splooie02 It is no less communist than it ever has been. A tiny group of Putin's cronies are the only ones acquiring wealth. More importantly, every draconian measure to suppress individual rights used by the KGB has been completely restored.

[@splooie02]

@@chuckschillingvideos what does communism mean to you?

[@chuckschillingvideos]

@@splooie02 State control over the economy. Tell me that doesn't exist in Russia today.

[@splooie02]

@@chuckschillingvideos well that's not communism, that's just dirigisme

[@normativesymbiosis3242]

I just want to say that this Raycon commercial you made was top notch, I hope they are dropping nice dollar on you for it, they should!

[@311jbknight]

I don't understand why our Marine rapid response groups are not part of this plan? They could have all the required supplies, troops, armor and air assets any place in the world ready to disembark in like 10 days or less if forward deployed.

[@covenant_mog05]

That would defeat the purpose of trying to push NATO to being self reliant. The US has always been the backbone of military projection in Europe its high time Europe acts like a Global power. This leaves more manoeuvring for US forces like in the Pacifc

[@johnc2438]

I'd rather have those forces available to defend the U.S. and U.S. vital interests, especially in the maritime sphere. They no longer have main battle tanks and have redesigned their mission. So we let the U.S. Army provide troops and materiel to support NATO ground forces. The Marines will answer strictly to U.S. military and Navy needs, not a NATO committee.

[@IMonYORmum]

@@johnc2438 If NATO goes to war the marines would be involved immediately anyway, it makes no difference.

[@TonyCox1351]

@@johnc2438 Defending a NATO country against Russia would be in our interest. I'm not well versed enough to weigh in on how marines specifically should be stationed, but if the idea is to have our best troops waiting around to defend US beaches, then they arent going to be very useful.

[@nautical6825]

@@TonyCox1351 Alaska and the Pacific Island territories. If Russia starts shit no doubt other countries will get involved or at least things will start to heat up in places you might not expect. I have a feeling the Marine forces now is meant to quickly reinforce allied countries and our territory not part of the main fight but still have a risk of conflict.

[@trevr10]

Interesting video. During my time in the British army NATO was never really ready for a Warsaw Pact attack. From exercise Crusader in 1980, exercise Lionheart, finding pieces of paper representing actual equipment in PUE locations in Germany when we raided it for the first Gulf War, 7.62mm ammo in storage instead of 5.56mm etc etc and during a leave cover period I did with the then ACE MF there was, for us Brits anyway, a moratorium on using ammo for training. It always seemed more about impressing politicians and photo opportunities for the brass.

[@jasonc5171]

Dude you do know it's against the law to drive with earphones on right

[@Taskandpurpose]

I didn't know that, is it okay that I only had one in? I guess there's no better way to get acquitted with Jersey's finest

[@jasonc5171]

@@Taskandpurpose yep one is okay but not both

[@bbbbbbb51]

Congrats on getting out of NYC! I know a lot of New Yorkers can have a hard time settling elsewhere, so I really hope you enjoy the move & find new things to love about the change of location.

[@MrSiameseCat]

In reality tasked with two purposes. 1. Protecting American resources that happen to be under other peoples countries. 2. Overthrowing “regimes” that have been wrongfully elected by the misguided population of countries with resources the USA wants.

[@kevinyaucheekin1319]

Thanks for the pleasure of your maybe to close to truth, joke.

[@cpt.robertchristian6113]

"Mercenary Army Option"... I spilled my coffee, from laughing so much.

[@LuoSon312_G8]

as effective as this force is, are they capable of force protection without the aid of US armed forces? A repeating trend is that the US seem to provide a majority of the work horse logistics. NATO seems to have become complacent that the US would rapidly intervene, and have thus downsized their militaries to minimal levels, barely a Self Defense Force but can still bluff an invader to hesitate and maybe under/over commit their forces. in any conflict, should the US be unable to aid immediately, the NRF must be able to carry their own military into an conflict zone.

[@BrandonNater]

Congrats on the studio. Also, Raycon is cool with driving with their earbuds in?

[@Pieman29666]

By the way... being from estonia... i surely hope you will do a rundown on all the military capabilities of the baltic countries. We actually just received rhe new AR15 platform rifles for the dedicated military personel called Rahe. Which means hail... kinda weird. but eh... Anyway,thanks so much for the videos! We watchin!

[@Oblivisci........]

Would be awesome to get a video about each countries preparing methods for Adolf Putins invasion, tactics, and response methods as well as equipment and vehicles.

[@saranjs3365]

US military just announced today their move over to the new small arms weapons platform using their new Sig Sauer and 6.8mm cartridge planned around 2023. Lol. Maybe you can get a discount for the AR platform...J/K :-)

[@john.rc.3274]

Great video!! I learned alot! Thank you for your hard work!

[@nobodynoname6062]

Even if the NRF is flawed, it'll be miles ahead of any unit that Russia fields.

[@devilish2136]

that's what hitler thought before russian military reached berlin 🤣🤣🤣

[@nobodynoname6062]

@@devilish2136 The Russian military would never have reached Berlin without massive US aid. You can see in Ukraine what they're capable of, which is essentially nothing.

[@TheAlien729]

@@nobodynoname6062 Well, there was help, but mainly in the fact that the Americans, having opened a second front, pulled back part of the armies. There was also a lend-lease, but there was a sense mainly of a humanitarian nature, while the soldiers turned back on equipment. The main victories were achieved without "help" and, as far as I know, the Americans waited until it became clear who was winning, when the front was opened and lend-lease began to be sent. (Which is extremely logical, given that before the war they financed Hitler, if I'm not mistaken)

[@nobodynoname6062]

@@TheAlien729 Don't be ridiculous. The US delivered half a million trucks, ten thousand plus tanks, thousands of fighter planes, huge amounts of steel and nearly half of Soviet fuel demand. So you and your Russian propaganda can eff off.

[@freddiei.2696]

Buddy! Im rooting for you legit! I hope you get much more of this success down the line because the content is definitely relevant to everyone who wants to know what the military life and mindset is all about in this day and age.

[@lcacela]

The numbers given are not right. Portugal alone has 1,500 troops ready to go at NATO's request.

[@jjdelft3216]

I thought it was weird too. Even Holland has a few 100 troops together with ships and airplanes which make part of the NATO rapid response force.

[@seylaw]

A quick reminder: The European Defence Community (as envisioned in the 1950s) would have provided an even higher integration level (at least for the European partners). And while that concept needs an update for today's security environment, I still think that consolidating all the different weapon systems or other efficiency improvements are crucial to spend all that money on defense more intelligently (--> get more capabilities for the same money, unified command, ease of logistics etc.). Of course the committment problem is still there, deeper political integration on the EU level seems to be a neccissity to overcome this eventually. As a sidenote, the German history of unification in the 18th century highlights some of the same questions which we now face on the EU level. When it comes to the duality of EU security forces and NATO, there is always the fear of having parallel structures, but I think that is more of a political question but as there is a great overlap of EU/NATO member countries (which might even end soon as more EU member states are poised to join NATO), on the military level such a partnership between EDC forces and NATO forces seems to be easier to integrate than the QRF construct which is in place now.

[@fomnik9276]

I think NATO Response Force has a chance to be used in Finland if Russia sends ultimatum not to join NATO this summer. It can escalate very fast - Russia is focused on Ukraine, no resources and time dealing with Finland, and if so they can just say F it and sterile Finland with nukes cause it is better to have wasteland than NATO on your borders

[@davidgoodnow269]

If rather see Finland remain Neutral and tasty-looking. (1) Finns are unbelievably obstinate. (2) If Finland is invaded, Sweden will support them. Sweden and Finland manufacture all of the top munitions for the entire world. That's going to be the world's biggest military weapon live-fire Expo. (3) If Sweden is invaded, the Swedes are going to have to move quick to get out of the way of all those Danes Getting Their War On, like a flood of Vikings. (4) If *Denmark* gets invaded, well, all of Europe is in for a _very hard time._

[@Steve-eq8iz]

There's been zero indication of Russia taking an offensive stance against Finland. Where do you get this idea that the Russians are right around the corner from the nuclear annihilation of the entire country? lol

[@celtspeaksgoth7251]

@@davidgoodnow269 History shows Sweden only looks after itself.

[@a.s945]

Oh well.... Gents/Ladies if you haven't noticed russia is on a way way street here. No country in Europe will be NOT A NATO MEMBER. Just today little bold man tested new intercontinental missile. This is beggining if the end. End of the worls? End of Europe? End of russia? Im mre inclined to the last latter.

[@laurikotivuori1585]

Using nukes would be nonsensical, practically out of the question unless Russia wants nukes launched against itself.

[@svendsenole]

Hey Cappie Congrats on the new... House? And studio 😀 Love your videos man, you're a Rockstar 👨‍🎤. Looking forward to your video on the new sig saur NGSW choice announced today... coming tomorrow? High speed low drag...ish Cappie 😉

[@suvrosarkar4419]

Hey man, love your analysis and videos Hoping for a new Ukrainian update soon

[@todorviktorov6714]

Ull have to wait for a major russian victory, atm they just lost a flagship, ukrainian army isnt running in fear, finland brought tractors, and lithuania didnt know they have to be scared.

[@suvrosarkar4419]

@@todorviktorov6714 well yes they lost a flagship, but Ukraine just lost 80% of it's costline right ? Also the mariupol steel plant is under attack, defended by an unknown number of Ukrainian defenders

[@abraham2172]

I'd say the NRF was a huge success in terms of testing out new methods, ways of cooperating, communicating etc. The experiences the NRF brought would be extremely valuable in case of an actual war. Great work, and could you please do a video about the military situation in Germany? I heard they want to fix their military. Is it working so far or is it too early to really say anything?

[@jdogdarkness]

Russian military was stagnant 91- 2010? Really? Someone should let Georgia, Checnya, Dagestan, Tajikistan, Ossetia and so on to ask for their countries back then... 🤦

[@PavelMikhalkov]

Which Ossetia? There are two of them.

[@jdogdarkness]

@@PavelMikhalkov lol true. I'd bet both if there were two. But Georgia was where Ossetia came from. But Russia was thorough and invaded Georgia anyway lol

[@furmanmackey5479]

Back in bad old days of the Cold War the U.S. Army came up with the RDF or Rapid Deployment Force. My first assignment, following Basic and AIT at Ft. Knox, KY was to Trp D 10th Cav which was assigned to 194th Armored Brigade and attached to the 5th Battalion/33rd Armor. The 194th was supposed to be the heavy armor and arty for the 82nd Airborne and the 101st Airborne/Air Assault Divisions. Maybe somebody up the Brass Beany food chain understood how it was supposed to work in an emergency, but somehow poor old D/10 Cav (or The Bastard Sons of the 194th as we were also known) was supposed to move out with the alert brigade of the 82nd via air transport, stop somewhere in Europe, pick up prepositioned vehicles and other equipment, etc., and then GET AHEAD of the guys from the 82nd and provide them with armor support with the four M60A1 MBTs, five M113s loaded with 19Ds and "pop up" TOWs, and a four tube 4.2in mortar section mounted on modified M113s until the rest of the 194th, 82nd and the 101st could get to the front with their choppers and more infantry of course. The idea was to "support and reinforce" troops already in Europe who had been attacked by Warsaw Pact forces. Fast forward about three years and I'm stationed in (West) Germany. Right off the bat us new arrivals were informed that we were the official "speed bumps" that had to "hold the line" until the RDF could get to us. In my particular tank battalion, there was only one small problem that I could see.....We had no tanks! All the M60A3s had been withdrawn from the line to make room for the arrival of a bunch of shinny new First Edition M-1 Abrams MBTs which we would pick up in Graf as soon as the big honkin' ship they were on arrived and they could be rail headed to Graf. But just so you know, the handful of 19Ds assigned to our battalion had had to turn their M113s in too and were waiting, with great anticipation, for the arrival of their shinny new First Edition Bradley Fighting Vehicles! We did a LOT of PT (which oddly enough involved a LOT of running....Go figure!) prior to traveling to Graf and going through Abrams and Bradley transition. Just a note to those who have never experienced the feeling one gets when you get a brand new "ride"....If the data plates have an "X" in front of the "M" you should really study those TMs carefully and become close personal friends with the civilian tech reps assigned to your unit.

[@Gueleric]

I don't think replacing the NRF with an autonomous drone force would be a good idea. Now a MODULAR autnomous drone force? THAT is a great idea!

[@charlesrichardson8635]

You forgot "rapid reaction" between 'MODULAR" and "autonomous". NOW that's a farc... force!

[@jacksoncross9265]

didnt even know u didnt have a studio. Speaks to the quality lol nice work hope it goes well

[@sideshowbilly3755]

No matter how inefficient or incompetent the NATO Reaction Force may appear to be, the Russian military is exponentially more incompetent.

[@TK-ev]

Would you rather feel they were incompetent by being too measured, or too dangerous by flattening every Ukranian city and industry without ever using a nuke or chemical weapon? Some of their own people are starting to insinuate that their leader is making the country look soft by being so careful. We should be praying that negotiated truce comes quickly before escalation steals more civilian lives.

[@PavelMikhalkov]

@@TK-ev the Ukrainian SBU are killing the members of the Ukrainian negotiating team, so there might be no volunteers soon.

[@scammicus7110]

One of the biggest challenges of this is doctrine below the Brigade level and combined arms training in NATO nations. NATO was predicated on nations contributing forces at Brigade and above (Div to Corp) so as to minimize C2 and procurement conflicts. Essentially, Brigades could do what they were asked, even if battle drills and equipment at the Combat Team, etc was radically different. With the NRF, an huge number of "high fidelity" issues down to individual battle drills, up through the Combat Team, have to be rationalized. And that hits cultural norms for basic training, etc. Lots of things to consider before NRF doesn't need a significant integration phase. There were only two STANAGs, Liaison Officer and Sentry, that mattered to make the old system function. You need a lot more for a multinational Battlegroup or Combat Team.

[@Munich22100]

Definitely not after what Russia has been doing.

[@stevenx399]

Ukr kills 14,000 in Eastern Ukraine for 8 years and Z is the bad guy??

[@Reticulosis]

It’s amazing just how much the war in Ukraine backfired on putin, they are the laughing stock of the world now.

[@stevenx399]

@@Reticulosis Cope

[@TheMandinotan]

Bro, great video. Do you use your MacBook Air for editing videos?

[@Stalin4403]

Some of the channels I watch seem to heavily overestimate Russia and China.While downplaying the U.S. military.Now I know its not wise to underestimate your advisary but this Ukraine thing makes them look very weak by comparison.Everything the U.S. military has done on a large scale since Vietnam has been an overwhelming victory.Now holding countries is an issue.Taking out enemy forces and toppling governments though seems like a science to the U.S. military.Russia can't even take out Ukraine a second world power at best.

[@cilica5]

People underestimate Ukraine also. Back in the days they were pretty powerful, militarily. 30 years didn't completely erased that.

[@TonyCox1351]

What people also largely underestimated is the ramifications of going to war in 2022. Never before has it been so easy to use social media to share enemy movement, never before has it been so easy for a cell phone ping to give away your position, never before has it been so easy for the global community to turn against you, never before has it been so easy to fundraise and send aid money. These things seem minimal but when you look at the totality of them, against Russia's aging forces fighting on someone else's home turf, this is really an uphill battle

[@andresmartinezramos7513]

@@cilica5 In 2014 it looked like it, when the Ruskies rolled them over. They have improved a lot in the last 8 years.

[@slashteam8440]

Its all part of russias plan look week now take out nato once their guard is down

[@Stalin4403]

Lol Russia is not taking out NATO.Nuke NATO?Ya they could but then the world would just be an ashtray.Pound for Pound Russia couldn't beat America in a non-nuclear war.Much less all of NATO.I don't think in a all out non-nuclear war China and Russia together couldn't beat the U.S. in a war.They definately wouldnt last long if they invaded us.It would only be a matter of time and all there planes would be shot down.Then eventually all the SAMS would be gone.Then the U.S. could just carpet bomb

[@Caylynmillard]

Love your show dude

[@tomriley5790]

I do feel that there's alot of smug people looking at the problems the Russians are having without checking that we don't have the same problems and remedying them.. to my mind the job of the Rapid response force should first and formost be to slow down any invasion so that the rest of nato can get its act together and put in the resources to win.

[@cedriceric9730]

The whole Earth's military capability is much weaker than it believes it is If I was a waiting alien ....

[@tomriley5790]

@@cedriceric9730 haha yes however it's different bits of the earth we need to worry about and it would be a good idea to learn from other peoples mistakes...

[@BenjaminVestergaard]

I've had colleagues/co-students attached to NATO and UN... They made a difference in former Yugoslavia, Afghanistan and Iraq, but one of them also peace keeping on Cyprus... He struggled with the DK keyboard layout after years with the Greek ones. Anyway another was part of the first generation of NATO response, I know because one day he just didn't show up, just with the message that he'd been called in. It might have been a mess at that time, but those on call that I've known have been the most sensible and balanced people I've ever known. The best of the best, not out to prove that they're the toughest... But they probably were. Once you take a human life I believe your whole perspective on life changes.

[@davidgoodnow269]

Germany and France need to *add* and *build* three new full-size Divisions each in the next three years: Heavy Armor (Leopard 3 and Leopard 4 at 3:1), Armored Cavalry (APCs, IFVs, and SPGs), and Mechanized Infantry (trucks and hovercraft + power-assist augments comparable or superior to Ratnik-3). While *that's* being done, every country in N.A.T.O. needs to assign their full complement of stipulated forces to the Joint Mobile Whatever Force. That way, *those troops train and become dual-/multi-lingual* so that they can do the *job.* If that means every N.A.T.O. country needs to *have* two or *three* of those bodies of trained and equipped troops, to handle rotation, requalification, etc., *that's what those countries need to do.* If those units lack internal transport capacity, _that's what National Guard is _*_for!_*

[@thodan467]

give us the manpower

[@davidgoodnow269]

@@thodan467 That's between the governments of those countries and their national populations. The fact is that, in Europe, only France and Germany have the economies to support modern armored forces. Maybe if they do the majority of ground, while everyone else does little bit of Special Forces and a whole lot of militia/National Guard, and Air? They all need to really *work* on the Navy side, too. Again, that's up to those countries, and of central importance is those nations' *citizens.* This all has to be paid-for, and that means *productivity* and *taxation.* TANSTAAFL.

[@mookiwaltz4403]

😂I actually watched the ad, congrats on the move man.

[@Taskandpurpose]

thanks I'm very excited about it! hopefully great things to come from it in the future

[@todo9633]

Ukraine has made it obvious that supply and intelligence from the US and sanctions are enough to seriously skew the course of a war in eastern europe. I think we should be asking ourselves what the most effective use of money is in helping countries prevent Russian aggression. Then again, having troops in a region has political weight to it, so we shouldn't discount the worth of that either.

[@Reticulosis]

I think NATO is the best way in helping countries prevent having to slaughter ruskie soldiers, I mean the number of troops Ukraine has killed is staggering. I’m thinking we should intervene… but on behalf of russia 😂

[@zsoltkovacs827]

@@Reticulosis also NATO and america when some men on horses with ak-47 take back a whole capital of a country in 2 days be like

[@TK-ev]

That's carefully curated western media telling you (and most tubers) that information. Go find out exactly what is happening in Western Ukraine where the primary battle has always been and come back. They rarely cover Donbas or Mariupol accurately anymore because covering losing battles raise the likelihood that more people will encourage negotiations instead of being fine with countless casualties that aren't their own.

[@todo9633]

@@TK-ev Western Ukraine hasn't seen any combat at all from what I know, even Transnistria has been quiet. I assume you meant south and east, in which case we literally have footage of the battles and pictures of lost equipment and casualties which are relatively easily verifiable. What we do know is that the Donbass front is generally on the same exact place it has been for the past 8 years and the only real gains Russia has made are Izium, Kherson, the southeast coast and the waterways to Crimea, which are significant, but also pale in comparison to the losses they're taken in exchange. They've expended a vast amount of their logistics capabilities and they simply aren't able to recuperate their losses without access to imports. We also know that Ukraine has been regaining lost territory and kicked the Russians out of the north of the country entirely, which is a huge win, and all the while Russia's economy is suffering horribly, and is only propped up by extreme currency manipulation efforts and a carefully curated stock market facade. If you think you can decide for Ukraine that they should negotiate rather than fighting back against genocide and retake their land, then go right ahead, but I'll disagree with you every step of the way.

[@PullingWrenches]

Great video. Looks like you were celebrating 4/20 when you recorded it if you know what I mean haha

[@charlesmartin1121]

The NRF wasn't used in 2014 (or 2022) because Ukraine was not a member of NATO.

[@charlesmartin1121]

Oh I might also add had NATO intervened in Crimea in 2014 (same as the rest of Ukraine right now)...IT WOULD MEAN WAR WITH RUSSIA!

[@sixcos]

The colour balance of your studio lighting is warm.

[@jonnydoe5167]

This is so sad. If you put it all together it makes sense why Russia invaded Ukraine. Russia saw NATO fumbling their troops, knew their limitations, observed the denialism of western leaders when it comes to an armed conflict on European soil. And have worked heavily to radicalize civilians across the globe through various nationalist movements. They found Europe to be just ripe and ready for the picking. This war could have been avoided if NATO would have functioned better, have a better military posture and NATO generals would have informed politicians and kept them in check about the real military needs that they have to fulfill. President Zelensky was absolutely right to blame the western nations for this war. Their denialism, and greed enabled Russia’s expansionist plan.

[@sircrapalot9954]

Pointing out NATO’s shortcomings is all well and good, but the blame for this war lies squarely on Putin, not the West.

[@SamBrickell]

You are really one of those m orons who believes that "russia" is behind every person on Earth who actually likes their own nation instead of globalism. You are absolutely right that out of touch leftist leaders have not been properly funding and preparing the militaries though.

[@splooie02]

Ukraine is not a nato country

[@jonnydoe5167]

@@sircrapalot9954 The blame lies with Putin, the fact that it was even possible lies with the West. For instance, When Russia started their Military exercises in Belarus and on their border with Ukraine, and US was screaming that they are preparing for war, NATO COULD have chosen to perform joint military exercises in Ukraine with Ukrainian army on Ukraine soil as a deterrent. It would have stopped the conflict before it even began that way. The risk of Russia hitting NATO forces would have been too high. Such joint military exercises with non NATO countries happen quite often…

[@sircrapalot9954]

@@jonnydoe5167 NATO is not just the US. Most of Europe and even many in Ukraine itself thought it was unconscionable that Russia would truly push all the way to Kyiv. It’s easy to sit in your comfy chair, presumably on the other side of the world, and theorize how Europe could have been better prepared but the reality is that Europe was highly dependent on Russian resources and dollars for their own economic interests. So it should tell a lot that NATO is revamped, EU defense budgets are spiking, and Germany among others is pledging to decouple its economy from Russia, not to mention the unanimous approval required to implement sanctions like blocking SWIFT access. Putin’s actions had to be so incredibly brazen to warrant so much change so quickly. This has all been happening *thanks to* American leadership behind the scenes, not despite it. A unified West with its allies is a force to reckon with when it is motivated.

[@TexanHuman]

Okay, to be completely honest… A military Minecraft channel would be incredible!

[@realyopikechannel]

amazing video as always keep up the amazing work. you should start posting on your second channel again maybe with longer form or less edited content thats easier to make. i know these videos take a lot of effort to research and script but i think me and others would enjoy seeing you in other less demanding more personality based content.

[@bhess1212]

Congrats on the move! Here hoping for the Camry being upgraded next! Maybe 2014-2015?

[@joenight9693]

Before NRF we had the AMF (Allied Mobile Force) Units. Which basically meant airborne and other highly mobile units which where on standby for half a year on and half a year off. 24 hours early warning time. 48 hours time to deploy, wherever in europe. Had to do the whole drill once in my career and oh boy did it hurt. Alert came in on sunday, so we had to call up all the troops that where somewhere out on the weekend. Had the last of them in by 20:00 B and were ready to move at 23:30 B. And nobody, AND I MEAN NOBODY, within the whole unit, including our company captain knew if this was just a drill or the real deal. Holy shit, my heart rate has never again been that high afterwards, even in a firefight I was more calm and collected than in this very moment.