I won’t claim to know the best way to beat a Russian invasion quickly, but in any case such a thing would be obvious from a mile away (like their invasion of Ukraine was), so there’d be ample time to prepare. Meanwhile if you want to prevent a Russian invasion the way to do that is to pump as much money and weapons as humanely possible into Ukraine while cutting off Russia entirely. Resources are limited, so doing one will naturally compromise the other.
It takes years for big military equipment to be delivered. Getting military barracks up to date also takes years (especially in our current slow system). So do structure of commands etc. There are plenty warnings of secret services that attacks on European NATO countries are a possibility already in the coming years (2029 the most commonly mentioned date). We are already seeing plenty attacks that are arguably are already beyond hybrid warfare and just recently have been warned of potential drone attacks on southern European states. Considering it takes at least a few years to get our military into a state where it can operate comfortably against such threats I would argue that there is not ample time, because such attacks are already on the horizon. I do agree that the most efficient way to stop russia with the least possibility of escalation is to support Ukraine at all cost and give them everything they need. That is the way to stop Russia without direct confrontation.
I won’t claim to know the best way to beat a Russian invasion quickly, but in any case such a thing would be obvious from a mile away (like their invasion of Ukraine was), so there’d be ample time to prepare. Meanwhile if you want to prevent a Russian invasion the way to do that is to pump as much money and weapons as humanely possible into Ukraine while cutting off Russia entirely. Resources are limited, so doing one will naturally compromise the other.
It takes years for big military equipment to be delivered. Getting military barracks up to date also takes years (especially in our current slow system). So do structure of commands etc. There are plenty warnings of secret services that attacks on European NATO countries are a possibility already in the coming years (2029 the most commonly mentioned date). We are already seeing plenty attacks that are arguably are already beyond hybrid warfare and just recently have been warned of potential drone attacks on southern European states. Considering it takes at least a few years to get our military into a state where it can operate comfortably against such threats I would argue that there is not ample time, because such attacks are already on the horizon. I do agree that the most efficient way to stop russia with the least possibility of escalation is to support Ukraine at all cost and give them everything they need. That is the way to stop Russia without direct confrontation.