Is NATO Bluffing Or Is IT Beefing Up Forces to Back a Ukrainian Offensive?

There is a great deal of curious military activity including NATO forces and devices that is not getting much media analysis.

Let us begin with the current action by the U.S. Air Mobility Command getting rid of tail numbers and system details from airplanes:

Air Mobility Command has actually directed its refueling and freight aircrafts to obscure most of recognizing info painted on the airplane, mentioning nationwide security issues– an uncommon relocation that is disconcerting to federal government guard dogs …

” Because of functional security issues, we can not supply specifics, though our airplane will keep markings as needed by law,” Stewart stated in the offered declaration.

The modification in the paint plans, initially reported by Aviation Week, comes a little bit more than a month after Air Mobility leader Gen. Mike Minihan sent out a memo to his service members informing them to get ready for a war with China and cautioning them that it might be coming as quickly as 2025.

But in spite of AMC’s specified validation of nationwide security issues, the brand-new relocate to obscure some determining details on aircrafts is both worrying and confusing to federal government guard dogs and openness supporters.

You betcha it is worrying. I got the following e-mail from an old good friend, a real Spec Ops warrior. I think about him as the E.F. Hutton of Special Ops– when he speaks you much better damn well listen. He composed:

This relocation is unneeded due to the fact that deceptiveness flights have actually been utilized throughout and given that WW-II, in addition to phony tail numbers that have actually backstops if examined. Our old XXX plane had a number of tail numbers that we might change/replace with a hair clothes dryer (heat-sticky lettering) and all of them were backstopped. Why would Biden’s Air Farce (er, Air Force) choose that now is an excellent time to remove the recognizable information from admin transportation airplane? These are the airplane that fly materials into Ukraine, fly money to Iran, provide arms to the Taliban, and so on. What is the Biden Administration as much as that makes them worried about our airplane being determined? This type of things sickens me.

Some of those airplanes are not simply flying products, they likewise are shuttling U.S. soldiers to Eastern Europe, consisting of aspects of a U.S. light infantry department to Poland. Those U.S. soldiers are being released on Poland’s border with Ukraine and there is not a prepared military workout to validate their existence.

Stephen Bryen, composing in the Asia Times, reports that:

Huge quantities of devices either have actually shown up currently in Poland, where they’re prepared to be moved into Ukrainian area, or are on their method. In addition, NATO is quickly strengthening its forces. This previous Saturday the US-flagged car provider Liberty Pride cruised into the port of Alexandroupolis, Greece, bring military devices predestined for NATO forces …

How lots of other United States ships remain in the ocean at the minute or reaching other ports, isn’t yet understood. What is understood is that NATO is girding itself for a spillover, as soon as the Ukrainian offensive gets underway.

The primary focus of the Ukrainian spring offending most likely is an attack on Crimea and on Russian forces in the south. The goal is to cut them off (Kherson location throughout to Zaphorizia) and methodically ruin them, followed by a huge push into Crimea.

The United States is providing a substantial quantity of war materiel for this attack. It consists of bridging devices that can support German-origin Leopard II tanks, which weigh more than 62 loads (approximately the like the phantom M1 Abrams tanks that will not get here up until next year, if ever).

Then there is this picture of a huge range of U.S. military devices staged on the docks of the Port of Gdynia in Poland. Some are hypothesizing this devices is headed for Ukraine. An unnamed source pointed out at Zerohedge declares the tanks and automobiles are:

at the Polish port ” in preparation for redeployment to the continental United States after serving in the Operation Atlantic Resolve.”

I would keep in mind that none of the devices is painted in a color design suitable for running in Ukraine. It likewise is unclear when this photo/video was shot. Components of the primary U.S. armored department have actually been active in Poland in the last month:

The 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team “Greywolf,” 1st Cavalry Division, moved authority of U.S. Army operations in assistance of Operation Atlantic Resolve to the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team “Black Jack,” 1st Cav. Div., throughout a transfer of authority event at Drawsko-Pomorskie Training Area, Poland, Saturday.

Over the previous 7 months, 3rd ABCT took part in multi-national training workouts in Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Greece, Italy, the UK and Germany. The Greywolf Brigade likewise trained in tactically essential places in the Baltics and the NATO Battlegroup Poland.

” Simply put, you’ve made a distinction for your allies and the NATO Alliance and have actually done all your nation asked of you,” stated Col. John Gilliam, 3rd ABCT leader, 1st Cav. Div. “I might not be prouder of all of your effort, and you’ve made a well-deserved break with your households who are excitedly awaiting your go back to Fort Hood.”

Is this a bluff or is the United States and its NATO allies increase to support a Ukrainian effort to retake the Crimea? In my view this has all the makings of a significant mistake on the part of NATO. If we are becoming aware of this you can be specific that Russia’s military intelligence is tracking devices and troop motions. I wonder what you believe is going on?