More of a luxury than a necessity for American global power, however, the initiative for nato attack came from France and Britain, re-running as if in a time-warp the spool of the Suez expedition.
Replay attack — Re-sending a previously valid message for malicious effect, possibly where only parts of the message (such as the security token) are replayed.
If Enterprise C re-sends the order to Enterprise B then Enterprise B will accept it as another order from Enterprise A (a replay attack by Enterprise C).