Fortunately, NATO has two main predators to deter Russia: the M1 Abrams tank and the Patriot air and missile defense system.
U. S. infantrymen from the 2nd Battalion, 70th Armored Regiment, 1st Infantry Division exercise with M1A2 Abrams tanks in Nowa Deba, Poland, on April 12, 2023. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto Getty Images)
Both U. S. -made systems have been in combat since the 1991 Persian Gulf War. Today, its modernized variants are the glue that holds NATO’s new and expanded defense concepts together. And as Taiwan knows, the Abrams tanks and Patriots also serve to deter China.
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NATO is in a rather complicated scenario until recently. Despite Vladimir Putin’s speeches, NATO is actually a defensive alliance. However, NATO did not have a detailed war plan to deal with Russia. The overall defense plans of the Cold War were abandoned in the 1990s and after 9/11. In 2001, the alliance focused on out-of-area operations and counterterrorism.
But as NATO leaders celebrate the alliance’s 75th anniversary, the military is worse off or much improved.
For the first time since the 1980s, Gen. Christopher G. Cavoli, the supreme allied commander of the U. S. military, says he has a whole set of war plans ready to be implemented, to the point where the forces control express territory. Cavoli also subjected more than 90,000 multinational forces to rigorous training this spring.
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In the recent Dragon 24 training, nine tank-equipped NATO allies traveled three hundred kilometers and trained to cross rain gaps in the Vistula River. “We hadn’t done armored training since 1996,” said a French army captain.
The tanks are important because NATO’s vast new war plans count on Russian invaders to strike critical crossroads to prevent any immediate takeover by Russia of eastern border allies such as the Baltic republics or leaks into the Suwalki Gap.
There is no challenge for the Abrams tank. Note the 4 weapon systems, adding the 120 mm main gun, a coaxial device cannon aligned with it, a Browning device cannon of Array 50 caliber and a device cannon on the side.
What’s not so straightforward to see are the upgraded electronics, thermal sights, reactive armor, and countermeasures that equip the Abrams for a fatal environment. According to a member of the Army’s 11th Blackhorse Cavalry Regiment, “the suspension allows it to ride like a Cadillac. “. You’re driving and you have no idea hitting potholes or anything. ”
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The U. S. military is a major player in the U. S. The U. S. operates more than 4,400 Abrams tanks, with the most recent ones assigned to the Polish garrison. In May, groups of the 1st Cavalry Division succeeded the 3rd Infantry Division in command of the NATO task force operating in Poland and the Baltic States. It is also home to an Abrams tank academy and a repair center.
Poland has just won the last of 126 refurbished M1A1s from the retired Marine Corps stock and has ordered 250 Abrams tanks for its own forces. Romania, a key NATO best friend and bulwark opposed to Russian misdeeds in Moldova, is also acquiring Abrams tanks.
NATO’s reaction plans will be to deploy US Abrams tanks and their allies to prevent Russian armour. Despite the loss of 2,000 tanks in Ukraine, Russia is still on track to deploy Europe’s largest military force and resupply with ammunition stockpiles from its allies, China. Iran and North Korea. Any Russian military in the long run will be battle-hardened.
The U. S. military is largely following lessons learned in Ukraine, where a batch of 31 Abrams tanks are moving to frontline hotspots. The army is making innovation plans to “allow the tank to continue to approach and destroy the enemy as the ideal predator on battlefields in the long term,” the brigadier general said. Geoffrey Norman, the Army’s director of next-generation combat vehicles, said last September.
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When it comes to missile defenses, the Patriot is undoubtedly the ultimate predator of its kingdom. On Monday, Russia introduced 40 missiles of various types into five cities in Ukraine, killing at least 31 more people and wounding 150 others. Ukraine’s air defense system broke through the Patriot and shot down 30 missiles in the bombardment.
Patriot stands for Phased Array Tracking Radar to intercept the target. Continuously updated, the Patriot formula can track dozens of targets at once. The launchers launch 4 PAC-2 missiles with proximity fuze warheads or 16 PAC-3 missiles that strike to kill.
The PAC-3 literally hits the head of the enemy missile and the kinetic force of either missile breaks it. Very useful for minimizing debris, especially if in the long term an enemy missile carries nuclear or chemical weapons.
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Because of its amazing diversity and tracking capabilities, the Patriot formula has been a wonderful boon to Ukraine and integrates well with other air defenses. Kyiv reported that the Patriots had shot down nearly all of Russia’s Khinzal hypersonic missiles in recent months, a good fortune. rate attributable in part to new and complicated software.
The blue shield is a vital component that makes it tolerable – and imaginable – to continue the fight against Russia. NATO allies are counting on the Patriots to protect their capitals from the surprise of Russian drones and missiles, and to deny Putin the ability to close key ports such as Rotterdam, logistics centers or other infrastructure, adding power plants.
Of course, Abrams tanks and Patriot air defenses work within NATO’s combined arms, as well as all the logistical support as well as command that comes with them. However, those giant predators are imperative for deterrence.
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Taiwan will get the first of 108 new Abrams tanks later this year. Tanks can move away and intercept Chinese landing sites, on beaches or airstrips. As in European capitals, the Patriot is in the middle of the air in Taiwan. defense.
Taiwan trains its Patriot air defenses, in position for the day when major intrusions via Chinese fighter jets pass too far. So be careful, Xi Jinping.
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Dr. Rebecca Grant is vice president of the Lexington Institute.