I agree with your point on the political challenges, but not with your point on military hardware. There was a recent report on the French military by the rand

I agree with your point on the political challenges, but not with your point on military hardware. There was a recent report on the French military by the rand corporation that stated that France wouldn't be able to sustain a long conflict [1], and the Franco-British intervention in Libya was critically dependent on US logistics and intelligence. I don't think that it is the european armies that provide the Baltic states any comfort right now. [1] https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA231-1.html https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA231-1.html