Even if they wanted to, most of NATO's partner states have ineffective armies. I'm specifically including the Germans, who until recently were supposed to have the most capable (non-nuclear) military in Europe. And that's not just an "ugly American" talking:
Which brings me to Trumps recent comments about NATO, that the left is all over. I don't blame him for being pissed. If any member is invaded, it's likely going to be American's that fight that conflict. How many times did he warn us?
Like so many other things, he is 100% correct. NATO has been freeriding the shit out of America on all things security since at least the fall of the USSR. "You don't want to do your part in your own security? LOL OK, good luck with that."
They are also largely reliant on the US for logistics and transport.
Correct, most people don't know that.
Everybody does. That, and intel. "But that's OK, because their ground combat forces are good."
Equally important is that it wasn't because one of those "lesser" countries got hit - it's because the USA got hit. The metaphoric guy with the money got jumped in the parking lot - everybody better jump on board and make sure the meal ticket guy isn't getting jacked.
Yeah, it'd be a pretty lame way to go. If I was a vindictive person, I'd blow up a bunch of my own satellites in a way to create a debris field to take out enemy satellites. This would create a wider debris field, which could take out other orbiting objects, and severely hamper future spaceborne operations.
Is that when we pass through the part of our solar system that is just full of life ending space rocks? November?
