184
submitted 7 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

Estonia’s top military commander said fresh intelligence on Russia’s ability to produce ammunition and recruit troops has prompted a re-evaluation among NATO allies and a spate of warnings to prepare for a long-term conflict.

Martin Herem, the commander of the Estonian Defense Forces, said predictions that Russian forces would reach the limits of their resources haven’t come true. President Vladimir Putin’s military has the capacity to produce several million artillery shells a year, far outstripping European efforts, and can recruit hundreds of thousands of new troops, he said.

The general from Estonia, which shares a nearly 300-kilometer (186-mile) border with Russia, joins a growing number of North Atlantic Treaty Organization military chiefs who have warned over the past month that the alliance should prepare for a war footing with the Kremlin. Herem referenced an earlier estimate that Russia could produce a million artillery shells a year.

“A lot of people thought they couldn’t go beyond that — today, the facts tell us otherwise,” Herem said in an interview in Tallinn. “They can produce even more — many times more — ammunition.”

Non-paywall link

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] 32b99410_da5b@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago

NATO needs to research blue flame, stagger a line of siege tanks, and maybe pump out some liberators.

[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

Putin's keystrokes per minute is abysmal.

[-] nevemsenki@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

He's a protoss main at heart.

[-] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago

Did you mean APM?

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Sir, this is StarCraft 1.

this post was submitted on 25 Jan 2024
184 points (94.7% liked)

World News

38531 readers
1806 users here now

A community for discussing events around the World

Rules:

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.


Lemmy World Partners

News !news@lemmy.world

Politics !politics@lemmy.world

World Politics !globalpolitics@lemmy.world


Recommendations

For Firefox users, there is media bias / propaganda / fact check plugin.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/media-bias-fact-check/

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS