The thought of Russia trying to blockade all of Norway’s coast had me chuckle. It would be a hilarious clusterfuck and they’d need to “retreat as an act of goodwill” or something, to the bottom of the sea very fast
First: regardless of their capabilities it is still easier to block off supply routes from mainland europe to norway than eg between germany and france.
Second: lets perhaps prepare for a worst case situation and not make arrogant assumptions of their capabilities 5, 10, 15 years down the road? If we kill off our agriculture now to join the eu, we cant simply rebuild it if russia (or someone else) suddenly poses a real threat to accomplish such a blockade in ten years. And at this rate i would not rule out that it would be china or even the us doing the blockading - the world is a-changing, and assumptions is the mother of all fuckups.
The thought of Russia trying to blockade all of Norway’s coast had me chuckle. It would be a hilarious clusterfuck and they’d need to “retreat as an act of goodwill” or something, to the bottom of the sea very fast
First: regardless of their capabilities it is still easier to block off supply routes from mainland europe to norway than eg between germany and france.
Second: lets perhaps prepare for a worst case situation and not make arrogant assumptions of their capabilities 5, 10, 15 years down the road? If we kill off our agriculture now to join the eu, we cant simply rebuild it if russia (or someone else) suddenly poses a real threat to accomplish such a blockade in ten years. And at this rate i would not rule out that it would be china or even the us doing the blockading - the world is a-changing, and assumptions is the mother of all fuckups.