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Starlink ground station in Poland hit by fire in suspected arson attack

183 points · 182 comments · giuliomagnifico

Shank · 1790247119 · focus · HN ↗
It feels like it’s very, very risky territory for these activities to be “occurring” in a NATO country. I’m sure everyone else is thinking the same thing, but at what point does Article 5 get invoked?
1. vlyan · 1790248870 · focus · HN ↗
  what exactly do you think is going to happen if article 5 gets invoked? did America's current Special Military Operation not make it clear that missiles alone don't win wars, and that there's fuck all you can do when the other side yeets their missiles at you in return?
  also, a friendly reminder that all willing parties are free to go fight Russia right now. <a href="https://ildu.mil.gov.ua/" rel="nofollow">https://ildu.mil.gov.ua/
  1. michaelt · 1790249318 · focus · HN ↗
    In terms of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weinberger_Doctrine" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weinberger_Doctrine if article 5 was invoked, one could set much clearer victory conditions - chase Russia back into Russia. Maybe arrest Putin war crimes or something.
    It would still be extremely unpleasant, painful and expensive, of course; winning an exchange of blows still means taking a load of punches to the face. So the true winner would be China.

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