>at a time when Russian submarine operations in the Baltic Sea were raising new concerns.
"Concerns"... Yeah, sure. Go ahead and take a look at how many subs Russia has that are operational. And subs in the Baltic are useless. They'd never make it out of the Baltic and while in there they're sitting ducks.
>By comparison, Russia is believed to have over 20,000 combat tanks, even though it is not known how many of them are operational.
A tiny percent of that 20,000. And many of those are old without recent upgrades. You're also not taking into account the size of the Russian landmass and the fact that Russia has other security issues besides Europe. They may have, say, 2,000 operational tanks, but how many of those can they deploy to Europe? Probably no more than half.
Also, comparing the Russian army to the German army is pointless. Germany is indeed a failed state with practically no military power. Poland, however, is not. Finland, however, is not. France, however, is not. These countries combined would be able to deploy enough to roll back a Russian attack.
>at a time when Russian submarine operations in the Baltic Sea were raising new concerns.
"Concerns"... Yeah, sure. Go ahead and take a look at how many subs Russia has that are operational. And subs in the Baltic are useless. They'd never make it out of the Baltic and while in there they're sitting ducks.
>By comparison, Russia is believed to have over 20,000 combat tanks, even though it is not known how many of them are operational.
A tiny percent of that 20,000. And many of those are old without recent upgrades. You're also not taking into account the size of the Russian landmass and the fact that Russia has other security issues besides Europe. They may have, say, 2,000 operational tanks, but how many of those can they deploy to Europe? Probably no more than half.
Also, comparing the Russian army to the German army is pointless. Germany is indeed a failed state with practically no military power. Poland, however, is not. Finland, however, is not. France, however, is not. These countries combined would be able to deploy enough to roll back a Russian attack.