Recently, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark have expressed their intention to form a joint air force.
The goal of the joint air force is to bring out all the main aircraft forces of the four countries and form a combat formation with unified command, unified operation and unified action to counter the Russian air and space threat in the north.
At present, the spillover of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has made great changes in the European plate, if the Baltic Sea is the dividing line, divided into northern Europe and south, it can be found that the temperature at the two points is not the same, and the "south is weak and the north is strong" and "hot in the south and cool in the north" are found through spillover.
From the air combat capabilities, advanced fighters to analyze these four countries, high-end fighters such as F-16, F-18, F-35, and "Gripen" fighters in total, a total of more than 400, this magnitude should be very impressive.
The most talked about here are the F-35 fighters, with nearly 150 of them. It shows that these four countries have spent a lot of effort in the construction of air force weapons and equipment and bought a lot of advanced equipment from the United States.
But now, if Finland joins NATO, and Sweden joins NATO later, Russia's emphasis on these countries in the north will be greatly increased.
These countries have no signs of joining NATO before, and there is a buffer zone, which is a secondary direction for Russia. Now if Finland and Sweden join NATO, put the tip of their bayonets on Russia's softest belly, and increase the border by 1,300 kilometers, Russia will have to pay close attention to these countries in the northern direction.
Therefore, they are all caused by joining NATO, and these countries have to take self-preservation measures to protect their combat security. Some countries in the south, especially the front-line Eastern European countries, have very small countries, very few F-35 fighters, and the fighters currently in service are very dismal.
Like Germany, although it is very powerful, the "Tornado" fighter is almost decommissioned, the "Typhoon" fighter is in service in small quantities, and the F-35 is not yet in place.
France simply did not buy American F-35s and got its own Rafale fighters. So if you look at the southern region, its air defense capability is far from that of the north in terms of quality and capability.
In addition, the current state is "hot in the south and cool in the north", although the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has led to the enthusiasm of front-line countries and is spreading in different directions, but these places are still relatively safe, relatively cold, and the temperature is relatively low. But it will heat up right away, because before their relations with NATO countries, including Russia, were almost in the middle.
Now, with the spillover of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, especially the front-line countries joining NATO, these countries also feel that Russia's attack is close at hand. Therefore, at present, the establishment of a joint air force through joint operations, under the guarantee of joint operations, ensuring security has become an option.
Second, it shows that these countries do not trust the United States at all, because the United States uses the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and the role of NATO leaders in the European region to actually defend its own interests and has nothing to do with these countries. Before the explosion of the gas pipeline, isn't that control of Europe? If Russia is provoked, and Russia is angered by the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, these countries will feel Russia's deterrence.
Before the United States did not engage in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Russia's attitude seemed to be very moderate, but 14 months after combat operations and conflict operations, Russia was ready to go to war with Western countries collectively.
In this state, Russia's deterrence capability and scope of deterrence in the surrounding areas will be further increased. Therefore, if it were not for the United States to increase its support for Ukraine and let the conflict gradually escalate, it would not have caused this state.
Moreover, these countries believe that the United States does not have the ability to defend Europe, and for these small countries on the front line, warships and air forces do not have much protection effect here. And what role can several brigades play in the deployment of long borders on the front line? It's all big questions now.
The overall feeling is that these countries have a high degree of distrust of the United States, coupled with the performance of the United States in the process of the conflict, selling out Europe, and letting Germany and Slovakia first provide tanks and fighters as "scapegoats", everyone actually sees it very clearly.
The United States will not shed a drop of blood for Europeans in Europe, nor will it spend an extra euro in Europe for Europeans. So the goal of the United States is to create this starvation model by controlling Europe's economy and controlling Europe's security. In the future, there is no energy to find the United States, there is no security to find the United States, let European countries lean on the shoulders of the United States, the effect of relying on will become stronger and stronger. Eventually becoming the fifty-first state of the United States, which is a basic direction.
Sober Europeans will definitely feel that this strategic intention of the United States is actually a kind of betrayal of Europe, so this independence and self-preservation of Europe should be the wisest option for the next step.