Poland supplies its old MiG-29s and maybe other military aircraft to Ukraine for use against Russia. The US compensates Poland by sending some F-16s or other US-made aircraft. Putin has already said that any combat aircraft originating outside of Ukraine would be considered an act of war, so Poland flies their MiGs to Ukraine for combat operations, Russia finds out and bombs the Polish military base with cruise missiles (no way they send manned aircraft into Poland) causing considerable damage and casualties. I'd think however Russia would strike, it would originate inside Russia, upping the ante for NATO considerations regarding retaliation.
How does NATO respond? Would that be the straw that breaks the camel's back and brings NATO into the war? Would NATO denounce it, tell Russia not to do it again, and let it go? Or do we/they strike back immediately?
From where things are at this moment, I'd see a scenario like this to be the most likely option to bring NATO into the conflict to any degree. I don't see NATO striking inside Russia's borders for a potentially one-off strike like that. At most, I'd see NATO striking Russian targets inside Ukraine.
Re: If Russia sends cruise missiles into any NATO country
Mar 7, 2022, 10:45 PM
Seems like a lot of jaw boning going on by some politicians here. I never have understood the need for a nuclear umbrella from the US to protect NATO from Russia.
The UK and France can deploy that nuclear umbrella and we’ll keep ours ready to protect us and maybe our little brother in Canada.
Re: Worse Case Scenario: NATO presses US to censor StarLink
Mar 7, 2022, 2:57 PM
If RUS retaliates against POL giving MiGs to UKR, and if this retaliation is via cruise missile strikes into POL, then NATO will pressure the USA to force Elon Musk to block the RUS news agencies from his StarLink network.
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