harmonica
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sorry--should say 1987..I participated in exercises with the Italians and French Foreign Legion on Sardinia 1986Italy? You included even Italy in that list? Well, I think that Russia can compete with these countries. And I wouldn't be sure that Russua would lose. These countries are clearly afraid of Russia.Look at the chartFor who? Can you name a major NATO campaign without leading role of the US in it?The US is the most powerful military force. Without it, NATO has little significance.NATO is the most powerful military force in history
Even without the US, NATO is formidable
Russia can’t compete with France, UK, Germany, Italy
Russia is a paper tiger
Russia is a paper tiger with much of its military remnants of the old USSR. It’s Navy is obsolete and many of its ships are not seaworthy. It’s morale is said to be extremely poor.
But Russia has nukes (So does NATO)
Italy has a modern military force currently 12 in the world
2024 Italy Military Strength
Detailing the current military strength of Italy including air force, army, navy, financials and manpower.www.globalfirepower.com
..but I would not bad mouth many countries' military forces--that's what we did in 1941
..Iraq sucked, we know that.....