How A $125 Million Baltic Guerrilla Force Could Stop Russia: Report
How A $125 Million Baltic Guerrilla Force Could Stop Russia: RAND Report by Michael Peck – The National Interest
The Baltic States don’t have a chance in a conventional war with Russia. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania could be conquered in less than three days, according to some estimates.
But a guerrilla army just might make the Baltics so indigestible as to deter Moscow from invading, according to a study by U.S. thinktank RAND Corp.
The price tag? $125 million to create 1,000 combat and non-violent action cells, as part of a dual nation-in-arms strategy.
One part would be Total Defense, involving all of civil society in non-violent resistance and homeland security. The other would comprise Unconventional Warfare, which relies on special operations and guerrilla tactics. The result is a broad-spectrum resistance ranging from armed attacks by special forces and cut-off regular army troops turned guerrilla, to spreading propaganda leaflets and tweeting on social media…