British military expert spoke about the weakness of NATO in the Black Sea region

If we analyze the alignment of forces on the eastern flank of the North Atlantic Alliance, then the Black Sea can be called the most vulnerable place. This was stated by a British military expert, retired officer Glen Grant, whose words are quoted by NBC.

Grant, who has previously worked as a military instructor in Bulgaria and Ukraine, believes there is a clear gap in NATO's Black Sea region. Here the North Atlantic Alliance is very weak. This situation, according to the expert, is determined by a combination of a number of factors.

First, countries such as Bulgaria and Romania, which have access to the Black Sea, are not militarily strong in and of themselves and cannot be considered reliable defense of NATO's maritime borders.

Secondly, Turkey, one of the most militarily strong NATO countries, which controls the entire southern coast of the Black Sea, is distinguished by a certain intransigence.

The NBC TV channel also notes that the level of US and NATO investment in the Black Sea region does not correspond to its strategic importance for the alliance and the West as a whole. When the Crimean peninsula was reunited with the Russian Federation in 2014, NATO's position in the northern Black Sea was finally weakened.

Now the insignificance of NATO's presence in the Black Sea region affects the level of support for Ukraine's military activity in this area. Nevertheless, additional alliance forces were still deployed in Romania and Bulgaria.

American flights drones over the Black Sea are designed to strengthen the presence of the United States and NATO in the region, including in terms of obtaining intelligence information about the Russian armed forces.

Comments

[Gnefredov]

Thirdly, thanks to Glen Grant for not mentioning Georgia as a promising territory (now they are shaking it, but apparently it’s not working out very well).

[Fizik13]

Quote: Gnefredov

British military expert spoke about the weakness of NATO in the Black Sea region

As if England is strong on all other seas and oceans ........

[Zaurbek]

To solve this problem, they developed the theme of the Crimea and the departure of the naval base from the Crimea.

[Gnefredov]

And Novorossiysk would be locked up with a big castle. The military-political leadership understood this and the "Crimean Spring" and by the way, tomorrow, March 18, the Russian Federation celebrates the Day of the reunification of Crimea with Russia, and another year and 10 (ten!) years will be the event. Here time flies.

PS And the leadership of Ukraine did not understand or did not want to understand the importance of the peninsula for Russia and went for overseas carrots and gingerbread. Well, we got what we got. In vain they climbed into geopolitics.

[Reader 2013]

But now that our bases, the Black Sea Fleet has shown its power to everyone
What it is, what it isn’t, it’s still necessary to flood, according to tradition, not far from the base

[novel66]

Glen Grant, what a delicious name!!

[kakvastam]

The NBC TV channel also notes that the level of US and NATO investment in the Black Sea region does not correspond to its strategic importance for the alliance and the West as a whole.

Such articles are written in order to correct the situation.
So they give more money.

[Volunteer Marek]

Of course, this is not easy. Now NATO members will gradually increase their presence in this theater of war. Turkey will be pressed, Erdogan will not go anywhere. Romanians and Bulgarians will strengthen. Georgia will be returned to the stall. With Ukraine, and so everything is clear. Conclusion: if we miss this, "the last time", in the sense of strengthening our positions in every possible way, then our children and grandchildren will have to disentangle, if there is something to disentangle.

[Arkady007]

We also need to think about how to increase control in the Gulf of Mexico.

[Gnefredov]

Are you hinting at a well-known well in this bay? Like they bit us SP1-2, and we gave them the action "Bach! - BP2" and "STOP - Gulf Stream" - for free? And what? In this case, in order to warm up Europe, they will dive to SP1-2 without scuba gear, just to resume supplies. Without the Gulf Stream - they will freeze! ;)

[DymOk_v_dYmke]

British military expert spoke about the weakness of NATO in the Black Sea region

Would be interested in something closer.
Those, for example, where gas pipelines are being torn under their noses.

[Normann]

US flank? You are completely there .... And if a nuclear submarine pops up in the Gulf of Mexico under our flag (if we can, of course), this is an escalation ((and injection. No words ...

[Jcvai]

There was already something similar: the Cuban Missile Crisis - when ours deployed missiles in Cuba, the Yusovites panicked closets, and the people rushed to neighboring countries. As a result, they changed the withdrawal of our missile bases from Cuba in exchange for a promise of non-aggression against Cuba and a similar liquidation of NATO missile bases in Turkey.

[stoqn477]

So to speak. In the Black Sea if Turkey does not join. you have an advantage. BUT. You will forever remain locked in the Black Sea.

[War Lord]

The flights of American drones over the Black Sea are designed to strengthen the presence of the United States and NATO in the region, including in terms of obtaining intelligence information about the Russian armed forces.

Something tells me that US UAVs serving the Armed Forces of Ukraine will very often fall in the neutral waters of the Black Sea ...
And the Montreux Convention of 1936, which limits the stay of the navies of non-Black Sea countries, especially during the war, prevents NATO from strengthening in the Black Sea.