04-07-2024, 08:25 PM
https://www.yahoo.com/news/german-bureau...34864.html
Yet another analysis of problems NATO has in Europe. There is absolutely no reason to "regulate" the transport of military equipment in peacetime. It doesn't happen frequently and is easily coordinated. Requiring diplomatic approval is absurd. Does Germany really think France is going to start a war with Russia (or anybody else) by a surprise attack executed by troops moved by rail across Germany? If so, Germany has much worse problems. Just plain stupid. The assumption that all this goes away if a real war starts is a bold one. Bureaucracy should never be under-estimated.
One thing that does call into question the authority of this article is the statement that the Russian rail gauge is "narrower". The opposite is the case. The Russians (and the Finns) use a nominal rail gauge of 1524mm. The EU (and German) rail gauge is 1435 mm. Doesn't anybody proofread these articles?
Yet another analysis of problems NATO has in Europe. There is absolutely no reason to "regulate" the transport of military equipment in peacetime. It doesn't happen frequently and is easily coordinated. Requiring diplomatic approval is absurd. Does Germany really think France is going to start a war with Russia (or anybody else) by a surprise attack executed by troops moved by rail across Germany? If so, Germany has much worse problems. Just plain stupid. The assumption that all this goes away if a real war starts is a bold one. Bureaucracy should never be under-estimated.
One thing that does call into question the authority of this article is the statement that the Russian rail gauge is "narrower". The opposite is the case. The Russians (and the Finns) use a nominal rail gauge of 1524mm. The EU (and German) rail gauge is 1435 mm. Doesn't anybody proofread these articles?