Russia could ‘overmatch’ NATO forces, allies fear

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s determination to expand conventional military forces has raised the specter that Russia’s conventional forces might “overmatch” their NATO counterparts, according to Western officials.

“Their industrial capacity is, I mean — it’s vast. Their level of financial investment in industry, defense industry, is vast,” a Western military official said on condition of anonymity. “And I think that worries us in terms of overmatch.”