Shit, I hate mines as much as the next guy, but against a Russia who doesn’t care about any kind of laws or rules of war you have to use all the tools at your disposal to keep them away.

Europe should probably invest in some kind of European FASCAM alternative. So in the event the Russians actually do launch an attack we can absolutely cover the roads, fields, and forests their side of the border several kilometres deep with mines. While we bunker down and just keep draining their resources on clearing mines in their own land.

There’s some serious NIMBY’ing going on with new manufacturing. People understandably don’t want to live next door to a explosives factory. So the next option is to build the factories far away in some forest, but then environmentalists get up in arms over forests being cut down. Also, the longer commute makes it harder to get workers.

All in all it’s a lose-lose situation. Hopefully someone can cut through, find an agreeable solution somewhere in the middle, and start building new factories.