Comments on: NATO issues new space policy filled with blather

By: BtB’s Original Mark

BtB’s Original Mark — Sat, 22 Jan 2022 14:52:05 +0000

I completely disagree with Bob’s closing statement: “I suspect, based on Zakharova’s comments, that Russia has determined from the new policy statement that NATO’s policy is weak, and that Russia can therefore continue to push the envelope against it and the western powers, just to find out exactly how much it can get away with.”

At the beginning of this piece, Bob observes that the new NATO space policy document has a “great deal of bureaucratic blather”.

There are movers and shakers in NATO who understand that U.S. leadership of NATO in Europe now has to incorporate U.S. leadership of NATO in SPACE. Those larger strategic foreign policy goals are not going to be written into a public policy paper.

In the John Batchelor Show segment “NATO in Earth Orbit”, Batchelor capped the discussion with this observation: “I just wanted to acknowledge the fact Bob, that because of …. we’re back into the GrayZone, the Fog of War in Space”. Mr. Batchelor wisely knows his History and GeoPolitics.

P.S. – Since this post is two days old, I doubt Bob or anyone else will read this comment, but it should be noted for the record that IMHO it is very likely that Bob’s opinion is way off base on this issue.

By: James Street

James Street — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 04:47:40 +0000

Will Biden’s handlers get us into a war with Russia?

Nothing distracts from a planned takeover of America via a “failed presidency” like a nice little war.

By: Col Beausabre

Col Beausabre — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 01:25:23 +0000

“most common sense goals, such as for example making sure the equipment of all of NATO’s partners is compatible with each other”

NATO’s history is replete with examples of failure in this realm. The Canadians are still furious over the alleged perfidy of the US in going back on its commitment to standardization by adopting the M14 rifle in place of the agreed on Belgian FAL in return for NATO adopting the US 7.62mm round as standard. France and Germany decided to build a common tank for the Sixties and got the German Leopard and French AMX-30 instead. The US adopted Euromissile’s Roland AA missile, couldn’t make it work (though Germany and France could) and cancelled the program. The German Leo II and American Abrams tanks are the results of the failed German-American MBT-70 program. France was all for participating in the NATO light strike fighter program until the Italian Fiat G-91 was selected over a French aircraft. Etc. Etc.