Tag: U.S. COULD LOSE WAR

NOVANEWS BY TOM O'CONNOR  The decaying Cold War–era command structure of the U.S.-led NATO alliance and its members could prove a major obstacle in defending European borders from a potential Russian attack, current and former U.S. military officials say in a new report. Bureaucratic quarrels, aging infrastructure and mismatching rail gauges were among the factors that could delay the U.S. and NATO's response to a Russian invasion by up to a month and a half, according to officials cited in an article published Sunday by The Washington Post. As NATO expanded into former Iron Curtain territory following the Soviet Union's collapse, it reportedly failed to properly maintain the routes needed to transport troops and equipment in the event of a major conflict, an oversight that has alread...