If we analyze the alignment of forces on the eastern flank of the North Atlantic Alliance, then the Black Sea can be called the most vulnerable place. This was stated by the British military expert, retired officer Glen Grant, quoted by NBC.
Grant, formerly a military instructor in Bulgaria and Ukraine, considers, that NATO has an obvious gap in the Black Sea region. Here the North Atlantic Alliance is very weak. Such situation, According to the expert, determined by a combination of a number of factors.
At first, countries such as Bulgaria and Romania, having access to the Black Sea, in themselves are not militarily strong and cannot be considered as a reliable defense of NATO's maritime borders.
Secondly, Turkey, one of the strongest militarily NATO countries, controlling the entire southern coast of the Black Sea, known for its intransigence.
NBC also notes, that the level of US and NATO investment in the Black Sea region does not correspond to its strategic importance for the alliance and the West as a whole. When in 2014 year the Crimean peninsula was reunited with the Russian Federation, NATO positions in the northern part of the Black Sea have finally weakened.
Now the insignificance of NATO's presence in the Black Sea region affects the level of support for Ukraine's military activity in this area.. Nevertheless, additional alliance forces were nevertheless deployed in Romania and Bulgaria.
Flights of American drones over the Black Sea are designed to strengthen the presence of the United States and NATO in the region, including in terms of obtaining intelligence information about the Russian armed forces.
