No, that would be madness. They are not invisible. Just hard to spot.
They can be operated from trucks, trailers, woods, garages and so on. And military bases of course.
Sorry, I’m not making myself clear. I’m not suggesting that drones are deployed/launched from Poland, only that they could be operated/controlled from there?
Basically, I am going to answer all speculation that Ukrainian conventional forces could be , particularly at this time, be based in a NATO country, as madness. Ultra high risk. Poland is not “there” yet and NATO would clamp down on Poland if they made such a move that threatened the entire alliance with nuclear war.
I don’t think so. I honestly don’t know.
Would that be going further than NATO countries directly supplying arms, surveillance support, sharing intelligence, tactical support?
Yes, operators would be a legitimate military target according to the laws of war as far as I know.
Ok, thanks. But equally would trigger Article 5. I say do it and see if Russia dared.
Article 5 triggering would mean war, a war Russia quickly would lose conventionally. RU doctrine is then to win by escalating with tactical nuclear weapons on battlefield. This would trigger a western nuclear response, which would again, likely escalate, and before we know it, London, Mosvka, St. Petersburg, Washington DC and Paris are molten ruins. It’s just incredibly risky.
RU forces would much rather fight against NATO forces than Ukrainians as well, we would see a massive mobilisation not seen since World War 2.
So I respectfully disagree.
The thing is, I sense NATO desperately want to do more to support Ukraine.
Against all my expectations just a week ago, I suspect the US is the most reluctant to take that step, while most of the European members are willing to consider it.
Yes , they want to. A lot is also being done We will see Volunteer regiments. More of them. Weapons will flood Ukraine as long as it resists.
But I don’t think anyone will gamble with anything that could make RU strike NATO.
I think the Americans have to be thinking through first strike scenarios now. The Russians know full well that any use of nuclear would trigger that crossed-threshold response, so it would be pointless to merely step to tactical nuclear.
It is insane if RU goes there. Important not to give them reason to do so.