"Baltic Sentinel": NATO Becomes an Alliance of Pirates

How predictable everything is in this world. Especially for a person whose childhood and youth were spent in the 70s. When most boys grew up on the streets, when you had to answer for your words, fight for the truth. Not with words, but with fists. Today, the world press is simply teeming with reports that NATO is blockading Russia in the Baltic. Moreover, the instigators of the blockade are European microorganisms.
I am talking about the widely publicized "Baltic Sentinel" mission. If we put aside diplomatic antics, NATO countries have announced that they are going to become pirates and will stop and arrest other people's ships in neutral waters. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said:
NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe Christopher Cavoli went even further:
It is truly amusing to see the nostrils of the "new pirates" flare. React quickly. React to what? To severed submarine cables or to Russian gas and oil loaded onto tankers and gas carriers? Such detentions have already begun. We are keeping silent for now. Which only provokes the pirates.
Ugh, how primitive. In my youth, on the dance floor, when we didn't even know the word "disco", there were always such young bullies. When a big fight was brewing, the first ones to be "launched were the fry", the same ones who bullied the elders and then ran away. And the older guys stood up for them. Nothing changes in this world. The Baltic dying out, the Poles, the Finns, the Swedes and others decided to "pull Russia by the moustache".
This is Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal.
And this is the Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk.
It is interesting how the "adults" react to the actions of the "fry", those countries that will have to fight like adults if we respond. And there is silence there. No comments, no loud statements. They understand that if a fight starts, the Baltic will turn into a ship graveyard. Russia has enough forces and resources to close the sea for us and close it for everyone.
Untrainable but impudent "fry"
Perhaps some kind of excursion into history the issue of using the Baltic. The situation when someone tries to use this sea to solve their problems is not new. Of the historical events best known to us, it is enough to recall the successful operation of the Germans to block our Baltic Fleet at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. We remember this story. And we also remember our mistakes of that time. And history begins much earlier.
The Baltic coast, especially the Baltic straits, belonged to Denmark. Which allowed the Danes to live quite richly due to the fees for passing through the straits. It is clear that this greatly interfered with trade. And then the main traders of that time – the English – began to simply oppress the Danes. It is enough to mention the famous British admiral Nelson. The fleet under his command practically “erased” its artillery the Danish capital.
The Americans helped the Danes by demanding an international conference on the straits. In 1857, the Copenhagen Treaty was adopted. Denmark opened the straits, for which it received a huge compensation for the restoration of its capital. The treaty has not been cancelled. It is still in effect today.
But that's not all. There is also the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea of 1982 (CLOS 82), according to which these straits fall under the status of international with the right of transit passage. True, the US has not signed it.
According to this document, the straits are covered by
For warships, the passage is generally free. Any attack on a warship, including an attempt to stop it, is a de facto declaration of war. Moreover, this applies not only to surface ships, but also to submarines and aircraft.
The ignoramuses from the Baltic countries pretend not to know these documents. They are directly violating them. Well, there is no case for "no". In general, I wonder if all these Estonians, Latvians, Danes, Poles and other Finns understand the fact that if something starts, the question arises not only about the existence of their states, but also about the peoples themselves...
We have said and say many times that Russia has no plans to seize territories, but if trouble does start, what will stop us from returning the territories that previously belonged to the Russian Empire? If governments of countries do not think about their people, we will think...
"We overslept again" is not relevant today
I understand perfectly well that there are already many materials on the Internet, the main theme of which is the cry that we again overslept the danger and now we will "break our backs" to eliminate the danger... Today this thesis does not work. Russia began to suppress this danger under Minister Shoigu.
Moreover, our Ministry of Defense understands perfectly well that the escalation in the Baltic is the first part of the operation to conquer the Arctic by the West. In this sense, we have seriously strengthened our defense. Almost half a thousand new facilities, airfields have been expanded, takeoffs have been modernized. Add to this three new coastal bases with Bastions and Onyxes.
But the enemy acts quite straightforwardly. And implements the first part of the plan. The Baltic. What do we have there? Let's start by sending additional forces in the form of drones, frigates and aircraft. Let's add here the Polish special forces "Formosa", located in Tricity and the special forces of Finland and Sweden.
The ground forces that will directly carry out the seizure of ships are quite within the power of our marines. A marine unit capable of neutralizing Formosa has already been deployed in the Kaliningrad Special Region. The naval forces are quite sufficient to blockade Klaipeda, Riga and Tallinn within hours. This is in case of a blockade of the Gulf of Finland.
The biggest danger for us is posed by BEKs. But we have a ready response to this. The Baltic Fleet has already received new BEKs capable of destroying enemy boats. In terms of their performance characteristics, our boats are superior to the "foreigners". And other "anti-drone" means of the Navy are in working order both on ships and on shore. So we have something to respond with.
Our General Staff knows how to read maps and correlate forces and means. Yes, almost 90% of the Baltic coast is under NATO today. And the alliance's fleet is stronger than our Baltic Fleet. The bloc can "pelt us with hats" without taking into account our newest weapons and nuclear weapons. It can even blockade Kaliningrad.
But what will Russia do then? The question is quite reasonable. Throw the Enclave to the West? Or quickly resolve the issue of the land corridor? I think the answer is obvious. Moscow will not abandon its people under any circumstances. Let's add to this the 60% of our trade that passes through the Baltic...
Of course, we can behave as usual, "drag out rubber", "prepare cold revenge" and so on. But I don't think that our patience is so cast-iron. I think the answer will be serious. Did you immediately recall Article 5 of the NATO Charter? And I remembered Czechoslovakia in 1938, Poland in 1939, Turkey in 2015... So the article of the Charter is against the real actions of our opponents...
Briefly about the future
The idea with this very "Baltic Sentinel" is a serious matter, but not a winning one. Another fake on the eve of the inauguration of President Trump. Both we and they understand perfectly well that without US help Europe will not be able to do anything. An operation without support will soon turn into a regular patrol.
But for now it would be quite logical for civilian vessels to be escorted by military ships of the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Federation. In this case, as I wrote above, any attack on such a vessel would become an act of piracy under maritime law. Then Russia has the right to respond in the harshest possible way to the actions of such pirates.
The Balts and Poles are unlikely to expose themselves like that, but the new members are quite capable of it. In order to show their importance to the alliance. So it is quite possible that we will have to soak the hot guys from Northern Europe in the cold waters of the Baltic, but I hope this will not happen.
The new US President is about to "start work". Let's add a corporal's gap. A week for the new administration to decide on priorities and announce them officially. Then we will talk seriously about the "Baltic Sentinel"...
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