NATO is establishing several land corridors so that in the event of a war against Russia, American troops can be sent to the front lines by the fastest and safest routes possible.

The overseas teams would disembark in one of the ports of five European states, according to current plans primarily in the Netherlands, but Italy, Greece, Turkey and Norway are also possible. According to Lt. Gen. Alexander Sollfrank, head of NATO's JSEC logistics command, the time of huge logistics bases is over, logistics routes have become a key priority. The military leader also drew attention to the lack of air defense on the eastern wing of the defense alliance.

NATO is developing several land corridors to quickly move US troops and armor to the front lines in the event of a major European land war with Russia

- writes The Telegraph with reference to NATO sources. American soldiers would land at one of five ports and be directed along pre-planned logistics routes to counter a potential attack from Moscow.

Top North Atlantic Treaty Organization officials have previously warned that Western governments should prepare for a conflict with Russia in the next two decades. Logistics routes have become a key priority since defense alliance leaders agreed at a summit in Vilnius, Lithuania last year to keep 300,000 troops on standby to protect the alliance.

According to current plans, American troops would land in the Dutch ports of Rotterdam and then be transported by train through Germany to Poland.

In the background, however, negotiations are already underway to extend the routes to other ports, so that the land line of communication cannot be cut off by Russian forces.

Hungary would be one of the destinations of the American troops

Over the past five years, NATO's Joint Support and Enabling Command (JSEC) has conducted studies to explore different routes through which troops could be delivered against a Russian invasion. Northern European ports such as the Netherlands, Germany and the Baltic states are considered particularly vulnerable to Russian missile attacks. Lt. Gen. Alexander Sollfrank, head of NATO's JSEC logistics command, said that "Ukraine is suffering greatly from Russia's long-range missile attacks against their logistics systems .

If the NATO forces from the Netherlands are hit by Russian bombing or the northern European ports are destroyed, the alliance

to ports in Italy, from where US troops would be transported by land via Slovenia and Croatia to Hungary, which shares a border with Ukraine;

and focuses on ports in Greece and Turkey from which troops would be transported via Bulgaria and Romania to reach the alliance's eastern flank; in addition, there are plans to transport troops through Balkan ports and through Norway, Sweden and Finland.

The Telegraph also posted a map of this, which can be viewed below:

In these corridors, national armies will not be restricted by local regulations, and shipments will be able to reach their destination without the usual restrictions. Earlier, the French government complained that its tanks were stuck at the border due to bureaucratic processes while trying to deploy them in Romania as part of a new system to defend against a Russian attack. The time of large bases is over, there is a lack of air defense on the eastern wing

Alexander Sollfrank, the commander of JSEC, stated that "by monitoring and evaluating the Russian war in Ukraine, we found that Russia attacked the logistics bases of Ukraine." "The conclusion to be drawn from this is that it is clear that huge logistics bases - as we know them from Afghanistan and Iraq - are no longer possible, because they will be attacked and destroyed very early in a conflict situation," he added.

As for air defense. It's always tight. I can't imagine a situation where we would have enough air defense. This is a good example of when a military principle applies: "if you want to be strong everywhere, then you are not strong anywhere"

added the commander.

The NATO commander has warned that the defense alliance only has five percent of the air defenses needed to cover its eastern flank, with the military chief expressing concern about surface-to-air capabilities to protect key logistics hubs.

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