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Baltic vulnerability dramatically overstated
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PrintExcept for Kuwait, all post-Cold War invasions have occurred during conditions of advanced internal division and crisis. That doesn't describe the Baltic States.
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F-22 Raptors fly over Germany Aug. 28, as part of what the US military calls their inaugural F-22 training deployment to Europe.
Published: Wednesday, 09/16/2015 12:00 am EDT
Last Updated: Wednesday, 09/16/2015 12:00 am EDT
The Pentagon’s first ever deployment of F-22 fighter aircraft to Europe is intended to make the Baltic states on Russia’s border feel less vulnerable, but the belief, however fervent, that demonstrations of intimidating military capacity enhance security is an article of faith unsupported by evidence.
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