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NATO: Shoot Down Russian MiGs in NATO Airspace!

The irrational caution of European leaders will only give Putin the incentive to launch more serious incursions into NATO territory

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David DeBatto
Sep 22, 2025
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19-20 Russian drones, 4 of them armed, invaded Polish airspace, 3 Russian MiGs entered Estonian airspace and loitered there for 12 minutes, thousands of flights were grounded all across Europe due to a cyber attack from an “unknown” source, factories and defense storage facilities have been set ablaze in Germany and England, undersea trans-Atlantic telecommunication cables have been cut by Russian “civilian” trawlers. Yet, elected officials in NATO countries are still not sure how or even if they should react to these growing threats. Russia has stated for years they are at war with the West, yet the West still maintains both its collective thumb and head up its collective ass and does nothing more than issue “very strong statements of outrage” to the Kremlin.

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