Monday, December 7, 2015

Why the Suwalki Gap Keeps Top U.S. General in Europe Up at Night

RUKLA, Lithuania — A 60-mile long sliver of flat land just inside NATO member Poland gives the U.S Army's commander in Europe sleepless nights.

It's called the "Suwalki Gap" and should Vladimir Putin decide to invade, it would be perfect for advancing Russian tanks. Sandwiched between Moscow-ally Belarus to the east and Russia's far western enclave of Kaliningrad, it's also why the military alliance is training harder — and faster. 

If the Russian president gave the order to sweep across Suwalki, his forces would initially split the Baltics from the rest of NATO before the West could do anything to stop it. 

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