Not "eye for the eye", but "squeezing fists": British officer on how to punish the Russian Federation for drones in Poland

To spread: Europe has not reacted strictly to the incident with the Russian drones and in general does not know what to do next, says the British royal fleet by Tom Sharp. There will be no decisive response to the event to the Russian drones on the territory of Poland, European politicians have plunged into the "squeeze fists" stage. About it writes The Telegraph in an article written by an officer of the British royal fleet with a retired Tom Sharp.

Officer Tom Sharp believes that Europe did not respond strictly to the incident with Russian drones and generally does not know what to do next. According to him, European politicians are diplomatically and politically in the "compression of fists" phase, when the solidarity of the Alliance is proclaimed, additional aviations are ordered, and everyone decides what to do next. "The great risk is that, in fact, nothing will be done.

We were already in this earlier - the fear of escalation leads to inaction. Actually, this has led to this war. How many times Putin should be shown that he indifferent to words or sanctions, and that the only language he needs is. Inactivity? ", - the author asked rhetorically. The incident in Poland requires a decisive answer, says British officer. But there is no answer that could be considered an escalation: it would be best if it was a real de -escalation, the article is said.

"NATO attack in the Russian airspace will be nothing more than the answer to the eye, and it will make sense, given that the drones against Poland seem to come from Russia, but it will not be a de -escalation. On the other hand, actions against goals outside Russia will be less aggressive than that of Russia.

The author noted that the interception of targets in the territory of Ukraine can be due to the suppression of enemy air defense (SEAD), since most of Ukraine is under the control of Russian SCRC C-400. There is a NATO weapon that can punch this area: for example, ATACMS ballistic rocket or a low -in -law crystal Jassm rocket that Poland has on its weapon.

Tom Sharp is convinced that the SEAD operation would improve the situation, in particular for Ukraine, because then the Armed Forces would be able to attack the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, and Russian aircraft would be reluctant to approach the front and, "a dead end on Earth could be overcome. " The author of the article writes that the proper southeastern defense would aim to defeat the radars of the C-400, which are actually in Russia and Belarus.

"We have still tried diplomatic, economic and limited military support measures, but it has not worked. To avoid the correspondence of the determination of madness, we now need to try something else. So it seems to me that today's response options are clear: accurate kinetic response, fully provided with NATO forces, or a nonsense. It is still frightened, and he can continue to press, " - summed up Tom Sharp. Recall that the air defense of Poland and allies has shot down 4 Russian UAVs.

In total, the Polish airspace was broken by 19 drones, most of which flew from Belarus. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk called the "large-scale provocation" of the penetration of drones of the Russian Federation into the country's airspace and convened an emergency meeting of the government. Special Messenger of US President Donald Trump - Cat Kellogg, headed to Poland on the night of September 10, when Russian Shahaned's Russian drones crossed the border and flew into this country.