China against NATO: the military bloc is studying the influence of the PRC on the possibility of a quick transfer of troops in Europe

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The North Atlantic military bloc is studying the influence of the PRC on the possibility of a quick transfer of troops in Europe if China starts aggressive actions against NATO. Therefore, alliance officials are closely monitoring Chinese investments in European transport infrastructure.

Sebastian Sprenger writes about this in an article published by Defense News.



Alliance officials said the issue affects two areas of efforts under NATO's 2030 reforms, which are expected to be the main theme of the upcoming summit tentatively scheduled for June.

Above all, NATO members are taking steps to prepare their countries for major shocks, including future pandemics. In addition, they are trying to find a common language with China, whose state strategy of global advancement has baffled the leaders of the alliance, who are used to viewing threats through a military lens. They are worried that NATO may lose guaranteed access to European logistics hubs - airports, ports, railway terminals, which are already under Chinese control. Over the past decade, China has invested in this industry in Europe at least 70 billion euros.

Now the North Atlantic Alliance is trying to understand how serious the consequences of the presence of China-owned transport infrastructure in Europe, which Beijing could hypothetically begin to use against NATO, can be. One of the options under consideration is the complete blocking of seaports and airports, which will lead NATO's transport logistics in Europe to a complete collapse.
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  1. +5
    5 March 2021 11: 35
    They are worried that NATO may lose guaranteed access to European logistics hubs - airports, ports, railway terminals, which are already under Chinese control.
    The Chinese will supply their airport workers, sailors, railroad workers, and USYO! Walk Nata on all other sides! laughing
    1. +7
      5 March 2021 11: 35
      A terrible dream of Europeans:
      - The yellow faces over the city are circling. wassat
      1. +9
        5 March 2021 11: 42
        Quote: Temples
        A terrible dream of Europeans:
        - The yellow faces over the city are circling.

        Yes, they already have a terrible dream, from bearded faces and from black ones.
        1. 0
          5 March 2021 12: 00
          Quote: tihonmarine

          Yes, they already have a terrible dream, from bearded faces and from black ones.

          By 2050, over 50% of Europeans will be Muslims. The reproduction rate of the indigenous inhabitants of Europe is on average -1,38, and for those who entered Europe from Africa and Asia - 8,1 ...
          1. +6
            5 March 2021 12: 28
            Quote: Nasr
            By 2050, over 50% of Europeans will be Muslims.

            Where are the numbers from? Wiki says that by 2100 it will be 25%
            According to rough forecasts, in 2030, 8% of Western Europeans will be Muslim, and in 2100 - every fourth.

            And Russia is not far behind in this regard.
            1. +1
              5 March 2021 12: 52
              Statistics and nothing else, for example ..
              Today in the Netherlands - 50% of all newborns are Arabs, in 15 years more than half of the population of the Netherlands will profess Islam. In France, 30% of children under the age of 20 now profess Islam, in large cities (Paris, Marseille, etc.) - 45%, and this is with the birth rate among immigrants 8,1, and among the indigenous French 1,8. .. by 2027, every fifth Frenchman will be a Muslim ..
              Everyone knows about Germany, which received a decent number of immigrants from Africa and Asia - we will observe the statistics on the birth rate, I am sure of an explosive increase in the birth rate of these immigrants literally in 10 years. Mediterranean countries like Spain, with a birth rate of 1,1 Or Italy with - 1,2, Greece - 1,3 .. you know ..
              1. -1
                5 March 2021 13: 01
                Quote: Nasr
                Today in the Netherlands 50% of all newborns are Arabs

                It is of course so ... Apparently the "average temperature in the hospital" is reduced by Czechs, Poles and Spaniards with Italians ...
              2. +1
                5 March 2021 13: 06
                Quote: Nasr
                In France, now 30% of children under the age of 20 profess Islam, in big cities (Paris, Marseille, etc.) - 45%

                In Marseille now you won't see a Frenchman on the street, they sit on bunks, and the street is already in the hands of the Muslims.
            2. +1
              5 March 2021 16: 03
              Quote: Hyperion
              Quote: Nasr
              By 2050, over 50% of Europeans will be Muslims.

              Where are the numbers from? Wiki says that by 2100 it will be 25%

              He read this book - "Notre Dame Mosque" .... yyyyy ...

              A new novel by the famous writer E. Chudinova, written in the genre of dystopia, this time tells about our possible future. The European Union declares Islam the state religion one fine morning. Notre Dame Cathedral turns into a cathedral mosqueas it once happened with St. Sophia in Constantinople. About terrorism and resistance, about the ghetto and the catacomb Catholic Church, a novel tells that can become a formidable prophecy, like the famous "Oh this Brave New World" by Huxley, or "1984" Orwell.
              "Old" Europeans are exiled to the ghetto, their daughters are scattered to harems and brothels. The Catholic Church goes into the catacombs, as in the days of the persecution of the first Christians. Only a handful of underground fighters are still fighting. Submit or fight, even without hope of victory - this is the choice facing everyone who still remembers their glorious ancestors. Behind the adventures of the heroes of the book lies a difficult choice that we must realize.

              https://angelov.su/book/mechet-parizhskoj-bogomateri
              Ampirialists can donate a book on March 8 ...
              1. 0
                5 March 2021 19: 41
                The book can be said to be prophetic. Everything goes to that.
          2. 0
            6 March 2021 14: 01
            NATO studies poorly the implications of the presence of China-owned transport infrastructure in Europe. Not a single mined object was found to present to the Chinese. You better search. What will be the reason for taking away the property!
        2. +3
          5 March 2021 12: 58
          Yes, they already have a terrible dream, from bearded faces and from black

          Here is a little black and yellow and diluted ... lol
          1. +1
            5 March 2021 13: 23
            Quote: Mouse
            Yes, they already have a terrible dream, from bearded faces and from black

            Here is a little black and yellow and diluted ... lol

            at the exit, the Arabs .... nafig..nafig ...
      2. +1
        5 March 2021 12: 54
        This is a song for Europe in the subject. China has already bought up a bunch of logistics centers in Europe. Not only logistics, but also sea carriers with millions of tonnages of ships. Such a person will come to Rotterddam or Hamburg and how PLA soldiers, with heavy weapons, will trample from 40 foot containers! NATO generals. And in an hour there will be the border of Russia and the border of China in the east. The border of Belarus, the border of China in the west.
        1. +2
          5 March 2021 13: 55
          It was already in World in Conflict.
      3. +1
        5 March 2021 12: 57
        This is the song of the Chinese paratroopers laughing
        1. 0
          5 March 2021 14: 07
          Whose performance is Vaikule or Leontyev better?
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  3. +4
    5 March 2021 11: 45
    They are worried that NATO may lose guaranteed access to European logistics hubs - airports, ports, railway terminals, which are already under Chinese control.
    Are they serious? Yes, during the threatened period, all unreliable ones will be isolated from infrastructure facilities. And if not, then nothing will prevent the power structures from occupying these facilities and organizing work. Well, in fact, NATO will not worry about the observance of rights regarding private property in the event of the outbreak of hostilities with anyone.
    1. +2
      5 March 2021 11: 48
      nothing will prevent the power structures from occupying these facilities and getting things going.

      For this, trained personnel are needed .. Although - it is highly unlikely that the Chinese will replace everyone with their own .. In general, it is more like preparing dispossession of Chinese property in Europe .. According to the tracing of the cute antics of Banderlogists with a motor sich ..
      1. +3
        5 March 2021 12: 07
        Quote: paul3390
        For this, trained personnel are needed.

        In addition, Chinese personnel may not be entirely civilian ... There are doubts that
        Quote: paul3390
        get the job done.
        ... will just ... wink

        Quote: paul3390
        In general, it looks more like preparing the dispossession of Chinese property in Europe ..

        The Chinese are greedy by nature, they just won't let such "things" go. This is a trade war. It is very serious. Europe will not take such a step.
      2. 0
        5 March 2021 13: 26
        Quote: paul3390
        For this, trained personnel are needed .. Although - it is highly unlikely of course that the Chinese will replace everyone with their own ..

        =========
        It is not necessary to replace personnel - in the age of digital technologies, it is quite enough to "shaman" the software .... And the infrastructure object will be controlled from the outside (from China) .... And if urgently needed, the operation of the complex can also be blocked "remotely" (from the same place ) ..... request
    2. +3
      5 March 2021 11: 54
      Quote: Lesovik
      Are they serious? Yes, during a threatened period, all unreliable ones will be isolated from infrastructure facilities ...

      Quite seriously.
      In the age of digital technologies, widespread computerization, the Chinese owners of high-tech port terminals will simply block their work ...
  4. +10
    5 March 2021 11: 45
    I wonder - why should China start aggressive actions against NATO ?? To be honest, if the United States attacked the PRC .. And then - what, NATO is going to transfer European divisions to Asia ?? SchA - so they rushed there .. Uh-huh, Romanians, Portuguese and Bulgarians defending Taiwan .. They will fight you there, even if it turns out to be thrown there by force .. Some kind of sur ..
    1. +3
      5 March 2021 11: 50
      They will fight you there, even if it turns out to be forcibly thrown there

      Yesterday or the day before yesterday, when the Houthis hit the US military base in Iraq, one of the US fighters hiding in the basement-shelter died of a heart attack ...
    2. 0
      5 March 2021 11: 59
      Quote: paul3390
      And then - is NATO going to transfer European divisions to Asia ??

      Yes, no ... They are working on the option, if they climb on us, then how much China can prevent the transfer of troops.
      In general, it is necessary to launch the project of the high-speed railway "Silk Way". Then, NATO is generally about .... smiling out of fear.
    3. +2
      5 March 2021 13: 04
      Quote: paul3390
      I wonder - why should China start aggressive actions against NATO ?? To be honest, if the United States attacked the PRC .. And then - what, NATO is going to transfer European divisions to Asia ?? Shcha - so they rushed there ..

      The whole team is surprised - why am I walking and from time to time half a day I laugh for no reason. laughing

      You will not explain to everyone that I imagine how China went to Europe "to conduct hostilities with NATO." laughing Conquer European ports and airfields. laughing And "NATO troops" at the same time in Asia - to fight with China.

      I didn't laugh like that in my childhood in the circus.
      1. 0
        5 March 2021 16: 13
        Quote: Zoldat_A
        The whole team is surprised - why am I walking and from time to time half a day I laugh for no reason.

        Apparently, the work front has not been determined for you and the production rate, so you smile ... you will have to catch up on the weekend, otherwise workdays will not be counted ...
        1. 0
          5 March 2021 17: 05
          Quote: Lara Croft
          Apparently, the front of your work has not been determined and the rate of production has not been determined, so you are smiling ...

          I define them myself. And to myself and to the whole team. So the workdays will count.
  5. +6
    5 March 2021 11: 45
    They will move in small groups .... 2 million each laughing
    1. +8
      5 March 2021 12: 06
      Echelons on the Transsib?
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  6. +3
    5 March 2021 11: 49
    Two trump cards of the economy: money and means of production.
    The West has money. But the means of production, from year to year, are becoming less and less.
    Chinese control over ports and other infrastructure is just one factor, the tip of the iceberg ...
    If in the midst of a hypothetical military conflict from China they stop supplying SOCKS, then in a month or two, all NATO will go down with calluses ...
    China has practically monopolized the production of socks in the world. And not only them, but also the entire military uniform. They are bought in China by the armies of many countries, because there are no manufacturers left in theirs ...
    And this is also only one of the factors ...
    1. +6
      5 March 2021 12: 56
      The West has no money.
      There is no money in banks for industrial and infrastructure investments.
      Even the largest British banks are in dire straits.
      And, for example, the largest bank in Germany - Deutsche Bank - is completely destitute.
      Its American subsidiary covers the losses of all European subsidiaries. Etc.
      In the United States, banks are in a better position, but they are not a fountain either.
      There is also no money for investments in Europe.
      And the Chinese do.
      And they are actively proposing to Europeans to build "turnkey" ports,
      railway roads, industrial zones. And those agree, of course.
      In Israel, too, the Chinese have built two newest private
      ports, they have punched tunnels, they are building a railway. Their construction firms
      are building office and residential high-rise buildings at a fantastic rate.
      And good quality, which is important.
  7. +1
    5 March 2021 11: 52
    The North Atlantic military bloc is studying the influence of the PRC on the possibility of a quick transfer of troops in Europe if China starts aggressive actions against NATO. Therefore, alliance officials are closely monitoring Chinese investments in European transport infrastructure.

    Oh how !!! Or maybe everything is simpler, people are sitting without work, and this is a burden for any state.
  8. +2
    5 March 2021 11: 59
    Cattle, themselves create enemies out of the blue, and then they are also afraid of them.
  9. 0
    5 March 2021 12: 03
    NATO may lose guaranteed access to European logistics hubs - airports, ports, railway terminals, which are already under Chinese control.
    What would the child (NATO) amuse himself with, as long as he does not shoot. And that the Chinese have already transferred their military units to Europe under the guise of builders, engineers, service personnel, and how many thousands? It is unlikely that a member of the directors of any company, together with his associates, will be able to "cut off oxygen" to the NATO troops, otherwise what kind of troops are they? But if necessary, they can create difficulties.
  10. +3
    5 March 2021 12: 21
    I wonder if any such wars with China will require Italian ports or German airports, and civilian ones?))) And what will be loaded there from NATO? One and a half British Challengers and a platoon of Baltic cyclists?
    1. 0
      5 March 2021 16: 18
      Quote: Cowbra
      what will be loaded there from NATO? One and a half English Challenger

      They have been in the Baltics for a long time, they are looking at Ivan-city in the camera ...
      1. 0
        5 March 2021 16: 46
        Judging by the complaints of the tribolts, they are there in such a state that they can only be loaded into containers for liquids, and it is completely impossible to consider something when it is strongly twofold)))
        1. +1
          5 March 2021 16: 54
          Quote: Cowbra
          Judging by the complaints of the tribolts, they are there in such a state that they can only be loaded into containers for liquids.

          Well, where, they can still t.s. "culturally" to have a rest in ESU .... and the VP there from tribolts ....
  11. 0
    5 March 2021 13: 02
    Rather, they think under what sauce to squeeze out for themselves and not pay for these pranks of gentlemen.
  12. +1
    5 March 2021 13: 24
    The North Atlantic military bloc is studying the influence of the PRC on the possibility of a quick transfer of troops in Europe if China starts aggressive actions against NATO.

    Sheer nonsense from all points of view.
    Firstly, China is not able to withstand the nuclear power of the United States in the first place, which means that in any conflict in Europe, the Americans will stand on the side of the Europeans, and the Chinese will lose the war.
    Secondly, the logistics and delivery of Chinese troops, as well as supply, are simply unthinkable with modern transport due to the huge distances to Europe.
    Thirdly, if you look closely at the activities of China, then they have clearly taken a course towards economic domination in the world, and they simply do not need a war at this stage.
    Fourth, they are in a position to influence policy through economic and other measures, and it is not yet clear whether the outbreak of the coronavirus and the success of the Chinese vaccine are not links in the same chain.
    I think the European analysts of NATO got stoned, or someone who wrote the article had a coronavirus with consequences on the brain, but I see no other reason to write this nonsense.
    1. +1
      5 March 2021 14: 36
      "Thirdly, if you look closely at the activities of China, then they have clearly taken a course towards economic dominance in the world, and they simply do not need a war at this stage." Will the moment come when economic power will need to be backed up by military power?
      1. 0
        5 March 2021 20: 00
        So far, everything is working out for the Chinese. They are already strengthening in Europe, Africa and Latin America. And without any military support. For now.
  13. 0
    5 March 2021 14: 04
    The North Atlantic military bloc is studying the influence of the PRC on the possibility of a quick transfer of troops in Europe if China starts aggressive actions against NATO.

    Some kind of cognitive dissonance ... It's like a war with China, and troops will be deployed in Europe. Are they really considering the option when the Chinese landed on the west coast of the United States and the amers urgently need the support of the Dutch, Poles and other small things? Then - yes, a question of enormous importance, after all, the existence of a hegemon is on a horse ...
    1. +1
      5 March 2021 15: 59
      Quote: dzvero
      Some kind of cognitive dissonance ... It's like a war with China, and troops will be deployed in Europe.

      It is only now that a Soviet anecdote has reached them, ending with: "Stubborn defensive battles are going on on the border between China and Finland." I went through Estooonnnia.
  14. -3
    5 March 2021 16: 46
    The Chinese are not warriors, they are hucksters and the invasion is already going into the Western world .. And they respect Russia and are still afraid! So far I have not seen a single Chinese ...
  15. 0
    7 March 2021 09: 45
    they are already obsessed with war