Russia vs NATO: Russia could overrun NATO forces in 60 hours

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RUSSIA could steamroll NATO forces in just 60 hours, a leading US defence official has warned amid rising tensions with the west.
The alarming claim comes as Russia has deployed troops westward as part of its ongoing stand-off with NATO.
US Deputy assistant secretary of defence for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia Michael Carpenter
told a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing that the West and NATO were currently not ideally prepared to deal with a Russian threat.
He said Russia had a massive geographical and time advantage but by 2017 the US would be in a better position to defend its allies.
The warning over increasing Russian aggression comes just four months after non-profit global policy think tank RAND raised “concerns about its larger intentions” and speculated Russian forces could reach those areas in 60 hours.

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TENSIONS RISE
NATO is taking part in a war games exercise in Poland intended to shore up security on the alliance’s eastern flank.
The 10-day exercises come as member states have been spooked by Russia’s increasingly assertive actions.
Nineteen NATO member nations and five partner nations are contributing troops to the exercise that will train and test their swift joint reaction to threats on land, sea and in the air.
The exercises are certain to increase tensions between the two sides with Russia deploying its troops westward, Reuters reported.

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