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With Russia working to expand its military foothold in the Arctic, it stands to reason that warfare of the future may indeed spill over in to the frigid North, where climate change has made travel in the region more viable. Currently, the Arctic accounts for some ten percent of Russia’s total GDP, and its president […]
Warships from the United States, UK, and other allied nations are slated to begin a joint training operation in the North Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday. The ten-day exercise, titled Saxon Warrior 2017, is intended to increase allied interoperability and collective defense capabilities in the region that has seen a sharp increase in Russian naval activities […]
American Secretary of Defense Mattis continued his meetings with foreign defense officials on Thursday, this time meeting with Norwegian Minister of Defense Ine Eriksen Søreide at the Pentagon. Mattis used the meeting as an opportunity to praise the longstanding defense partnership the United States has maintained with Norway, and to reaffirm the two nations’ mutual commitment […]
The Russian military conducted a large-scale parade in Moscow on Tuesday to commemorate end of Soviet fighting against Nazi Germany on May 9th, 1945. Russian President Vladimir Putin was present for the day’s festivities, where he was joined by Soviet era veterans on a platform overlooking the parade ground. Lessons of the past war remind […]
This is a special guest post from Ken Miller who recently attended the highly regarded Norwegian winter warfare course. -Jack A few months back my Unit began asking for volunteers to attend the Norwegian School of Winter Warfare. With my time being stationed in Italy coming to a close in 10 months, I jumped at the opportunity […]
A Russian military flight carrying 39 people crashed Monday on approach to landing at an Arctic airport facility. Reports are that there were no deaths but all passengers aboard the aircraft suffered injury. The cause of the accident has not been officially determined but high winds could have been the culprit. The Defense Ministry said […]
For an in depth look at arctic security dynamics, SOFREP has provided a two part article on the subject. Some additional information from the Russian perspective is available from the Financial Times in the below article. -Jack Government officials and scholars argue that the Northern Sea Route (NSR), a historic sea link between Europe and […]
Day-to-day functions that are taken for granted elsewhere become extraordinary achievements at the most northerly permanently inhabited place in the world. Canadian Forces Station Alert is many things to many people: a signals-intelligence listening post, a geolocation facility, a weather station and climate-change monitoring post, a search-and-rescue base, a cold-weather campus for Arctic researchers and […]
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In Russia, there are closed cities that are so secret they’re shut off from the world. Soviet leader Josef Stalin built them during the Cold War, to give Russian military technology an edge. Some are devoted to building rockets or satellites for the space program. In others, researchers conduct top-secret chemical, biological or nuclear research. […]
A new trans-Arctic sea route had opened. The opening of the northeast passage in Russia was already saving European companies billions.
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